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ArticleFrontiers in digital health2024

AI-enabled workflow for automated classification and analysis of feto-placental Doppler images.

Ainhoa M Aguado, Guillermo Jimenez-Perez, Devyani Chowdhury, Josa Prats-Valero, Sergio Sánchez-Martínez, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Shazia Mohsin, Roberta Castellani, Lea Testa, Fàtima Crispi and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in digital health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Interobserver and intraobserver variability of fetal and maternal Doppler measurements: systematic review and meta-analysis.Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2026
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  3. Doppler Assessment of the Fetal Brain Circulation.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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13 authors.

Ainhoa M AguadoBCN-MedTech, DTIC, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
Guillermo Jimenez-PerezBCN-MedTech, DTIC, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
Devyani ChowdhuryCardiology Care for Children, Lancaster, PA, United States.
Josa Prats-ValeroBCN-MedTech, DTIC, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
Sergio Sánchez-MartínezBCN-MedTech, DTIC, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
Zahra HoodbhoyDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Shazia MohsinSindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), Karachi, Pakistan.
Roberta CastellaniBCNatal-Barcelona Center for Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Clínic and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu), Universitat de Barcelona, Centre for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBER-ER), Barcelona, Spain.
Lea TestaBCNatal-Barcelona Center for Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Clínic and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu), Universitat de Barcelona, Centre for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBER-ER), Barcelona, Spain.
Fàtima CrispiInstitut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
Bart BijnensBCN-MedTech, DTIC, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
Babar HasanSindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), Karachi, Pakistan.
Gabriel BernardinoBCN-MedTech, DTIC, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Extraction of Doppler-based measurements from feto-placental Doppler images is crucial in identifying vulnerable new-borns prenatally. However, this process is time-consuming, operator dependent, and prone to errors. Methods: To address this, our study introduces an artificial intelligence (AI) enabled workflow for automating feto-placental Doppler measurements from four sites (i.e., Umbilical Artery (UA), Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA), Aortic Isthmus (AoI) and Left Ventricular Inflow and Outflow (LVIO)), involving classification and waveform delineation tasks. Derived from data from a low- and middle-income country, our approach's versatility was tested and validated using a dataset from a high-income country, showcasing its potential for standardized and accurate analysis across varied healthcare settings. Results: The classification of Doppler views was approached through three distinct blocks: (i) a Doppler velocity amplitude-based model with an accuracy of 94%, (ii) two Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) with accuracies of 89.2% and 67.3%, and (iii) Doppler view- and dataset-dependent confidence models to detect misclassifications with an accuracy higher than 85%. The extraction of Doppler indices utilized Doppler-view dependent CNNs coupled with post-processing techniques. Results yielded a mean absolute percentage error of 6.1 ± 4.9% ( Conclusions: The developed models proved to be highly accurate in classifying Doppler views and extracting essential measurements from Doppler images. The integration of this AI-enabled workflow holds significant promise in reducing the manual workload and enhancing the efficiency of feto-placental Doppler image analysis, even for non-trained readers.

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artificial intelligenceconvolutional neural networksdeep learningfeto-placental Dopplerultrasound view classificationultrasound waveform delineation

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PMID39479252
PMCPMC11521966

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