Politico August 12, 2024
PROBLEM SOLVERS
Artificial intelligence could help clinicians in rural areas get cheaper, more reliable ultrasound machines.
According to a new study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, handheld, AI-programmed ultrasound devices helped clinicians correctly identify gestational age, or length of pregnancy, as well as traditional ultrasound devices did.
Researchers looked at 400 people in North Carolina and Zambia who were in different stages of pregnancy, between July 2022 and April 2023. The AI algorithm was trained on data from patients with diverse socioeconomic, racial and health backgrounds, but the study didn’t include some more likey to have complications, such as those with obesity or whose fetuses had abnormalities.
Clinicians were able to view the results in real time, using...
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