🤰 New AI Tool Generates 3D Scan of the Fetus
Ultrasound in pregnancy provides only basic details about fetal development. Even MRI often can't deliver accurate measurements: the fetus is typically curled up and constantly moving, resulting in "blurred" scans.
Scientists from MIT and Harvard have developed an AI tool that uses MRI images to create a complete 3D model of the fetus.
The AI has been trained on 20,000 MRI scans of babies in the womb. As a result, the generated 3D model matches the real fetuses with an accuracy of 3 mm.
Thanks to a "skeleton" with 23 articulated joints that copies the real fetus's movements, the model can track the baby's development or identify abnormalities.
The tool is already being tested on pregnant patients. The developers plan to improve the model to create full-fledged 3D scans of the fetuses that show the babies' internal organs.
