The Yandex Education press service noted that until now spina bifida was usually detected in the second trimester of pregnancy, and it may be too late to decide on intrauterine surgery. The new AI service will help doctors, especially in regional clinics, to detect the problem at an early stage, which will make it possible to start treatment faster.
The system, created by experts from Yandex and the Kulakov National Medical Research Center, analyzes ultrasound images to detect a defect. Based on 6 thousand ultrasound images and unique markings, a neural network was trained that can detect cracks in images from different angles. This algorithm can be trained and improved further, which will increase the accuracy of the diagnosis.
Source: Ferra
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