Ultrasound scans of unborn babies are a luxury in many parts of the world, Africa included. Now AI is being used to develop technology to bring the much-anticipated pregnancy milestone to women who are most in need of it. A pilot project in Uganda is using AI software to power ultrasound imaging to not only scan unborn babies but also to encourage women to attend health services at an earlier stage in their pregnancies, helping to reduce stillbirths and complications. The AI-based ScanNav FetalCheck software, made by Intelligent Ultrasound, will allow accurate dating of pregnancies without the need for specialist sonographers who take measurements of a child in the womb to determine the progress of a pregnancy. The software has been trained on a database of millions of images to “recognize” a pregnancy’s gestation. An accurate estimate of gestation is very helpful to doctors needing to make decisions in certain high-risk pregnancies.

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