AI ultrasound breakthrough predicts delivery timing for expecting mothers

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Good morning, there. AI can now predict delivery timing using only standard ultrasound images.

Accurately estimating time to delivery supports clinical decision-making and resource allocation in obstetrics. This innovation may improve pregnancy outcomes, especially in low-resource settings, and marks a milestone for imaging AI in women's health.

Here's what you need to know about Radiology AI last week:

• AI predicts delivery timing from routine ultrasound images

• Majority of parents trust AI over doctors in pediatric imaging

• AI predicts Alzheimer's protein markers from brain scans

• ChatGPT-4 Turbo monitors post-deployment radiology AI

• Plus: 6 FDA approved devices & 4 new papers.

🤰 AI predicts delivery timing from routine ultrasound images

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RadAI Slice: New deep learning models can now forecast pregnant patients’ delivery dates using only ultrasound images.

The details:

• Trained on 2+ million images from thousands of pregnancies

• Achieved R² of 0.95 for term births and 0.92 for all births

• Works across all trimesters and diverse patient groups

• Improved preterm birth prediction with continuous retraining

• Does not require clinical history or other risk factors

Key takeaway: Estimating days until delivery with routine ultrasound empowers clinicians, sharpens risk management, and advances equitable prenatal care through scalable, noninvasive AI.

🤖 Majority of parents trust AI over doctors in pediatric imaging

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RadAI Slice: A new survey shows parents increasingly trust AI to spot abnormalities in pediatric imaging—sometimes even more than physicians.

The details:

• Parents and caregivers surveyed on AI in kids’ healthcare

• Most said AI could be more accurate than doctors for imaging

• Highlights demand for trusted, transparent pediatric AI tools

• Published in the journal Insights Into Imaging

Key takeaway: Parental acceptance will be key to pediatric AI’s integration, potentially speeding adoption and reinforcing AI’s clinical value in family-centered care.

🧠 AI predicts Alzheimer's protein markers from brain scans

RadAI Slice: A Boston University AI tool predicts amyloid and tau—hallmarks of Alzheimer's—using imaging, genetics, and clinical data.

The details:

• Model integrates brain scans, cognitive tests, genetics, health history

• Tested on 12,000+ participants from international cohorts

• Performs robust location-specific protein prediction

• May enable earlier, accessible diagnosis and clinical trial enrollment

Key takeaway: AI-enabled, non-invasive Alzheimer's prediction could revolutionize screening and disease staging, accelerating research and personalized care globally.

⚡ ChatGPT-4 Turbo monitors post-deployment radiology AI

RadAI Slice: Researchers validated ChatGPT-4 as a scalable tool for monitoring AI models in real-world radiology practice.

The details:

• LLM checked 332,809 head CTs from 37 sites for aidoc ICH AI accuracy

• ChatGPT-4 reached 0.995 accuracy and high PPV/NPV vs radiologist ground truth

• Aidoc's errors more likely than LLM’s extraction issues

• LLM monitoring is cost-effective and reduces manual workload

Key takeaway: LLM-powered monitoring may become essential for ongoing AI QA and safety as radiology AI deployment scales in busy clinics.

🏛️ FDA Clearances

• K250246 - uMR Jupiter MRI system (Shanghai United Imaging) garners FDA clearance for high-quality MR imaging across clinical applications.

• K244016 - Claritas HealthTech’s iPETcertum radiology image-processing platform receives FDA 510(k) for assisting diagnosis.

• K252239 - IMRIS Imaging’s InVision™ 3T Recharge MRI suite receives FDA clearance to boost intraoperative imaging.

• K251038 - Shen Zhen Cambridge-hit’s RiasDR digital radiograph software receives FDA 510(k) for imaging enhancement and workflow.

• K251629 - Medicrea/Medtronic’s UNiD™ Spine Analyzer gets FDA 510(k) to automate spinal segmentation for treatment planning.

• K250664 - UC-CARE’s Navigo Workstation 2.3, an advanced radiology image analysis suite, now FDA cleared.

📄 Fresh Papers

• doi:10.1038/s41598-025-15007-7 - A new vision transformer network achieves 96%+ accuracy for automated Alzheimer’s prediction on augmented brain MRI.

• doi:10.1101/2025.08.08.25333333 - A multimodal deep learning framework combining CXR, ventilator data, and EHR boosts ARDS detection AUROC to 0.86.

• doi:10.1007/s12194-025-00946-7 - Deep learning improves automatic segmentation of prostate CBCT images using treatment planning CT data and domain adaptation.

• doi:10.1186/s13550-025-01303-w - A nnU-Net deep learning approach accurately segments brown adipose tissue on PET/CT, aiding cancer care and metabolism research.

• Browse 237 new radiology AI studies from last week.

📰 Everything else in Radiology AI last week

• Researchers propose using ChatGPT to automatically check for AI drift in radiology models, improving safety.

• Routine use of AI in colonoscopies may cause experienced endoscopists to lose detection skill in non-AI cases.

• RSNA AI Challenge entrants reached high recall and specificity for breast cancer screening in global test sets.

• Heartflow, the cardiac imaging AI firm, raised $364M in a public offering, far exceeding its target.

• United Healthcare will reimburse Elucid’s coronary plaque quantification AI, potentially driving broader adoption in cardiac CT.

• Read 13 fresh radiology AI news articles for last week.

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