Intel Artificial Intelligence Powers Samsung Medison’s Fetal Ultrasound Smart Workflow
September 10 2020 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
What’s New: Samsung Medison and Intel are collaborating
on new smart workflow solutions to improve obstetric measurements
that contribute to maternal and fetal safety and can help save
lives. Using an Intel® Core™ i3 processor, the Intel® Distribution
of OpenVINO™ toolkit and OpenCV library, Samsung Medison’s
BiometryAssist™ automates and simplifies fetal measurements, while
LaborAssist™ automatically estimates the fetal angle of progression
(AoP) during labor for a complete understanding of a patient’s
birthing progress, without the need for invasive digital vaginal
exams.
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A doctor looks at a Samsung Medison
BiometryAssist ultrasound image. Samsung Medison and Intel are
collaborating on new smart workflow solutions to improve obstetric
measurements that contribute to maternal and fetal safety and can
help save lives. (Credit: Samsung Medison)
“Samsung Medison’s BiometryAssist is a
semi-automated fetal biometry measurement system that automatically
locates the region of interest and places a caliper for fetal
biometry, demonstrating a success rate of 97% to 99% for each
parameter1. Such high efficacy enables its use in the current
clinical practice with high precision.” -- Professor Jayoung Kwon,
MD PhD, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University College of Medicine,
Yonsei University Health System in Seoul, Korea
Why It’s Needed: According to the World Health
Organization, about 295,000 women died during and following
pregnancy and childbirth in 2017, even as maternal mortality rates
decreased. While every pregnancy and birth is unique, most maternal
deaths are preventable. Research from the Perinatal Institute found
that tracking fetal growth is essential for good prenatal care and
can help prevent stillbirths when physicians are able to recognize
growth restrictions.
“At Intel, we are focused on creating and enabling
world-changing technology that enriches the lives of every person
on Earth,” said Claire Celeste Carnes, strategic marketing director
for Health and Life Sciences at Intel. “We are working with
companies like Samsung Medison to adopt the latest technologies in
ways that enhance the patient safety and improve clinical
workflows, in this case for the important and time-sensitive care
provided during pregnancy and delivery.”
How It Works: BiometryAssist automates and standardizes
fetal measurements in approximately 85 milliseconds with a single
click, providing over 97% accuracy2. This allows doctors to spend
more time talking with their patients while also standardizing
fetal measurements, which have historically proved challenging to
accurately provide. With BiometryAssist, physicians can quickly
verify consistent measurements for high volumes of patients.
“Samsung is working to improve the efficiency of new diagnostic
features, as well as healthcare services, and the Intel
Distribution of OpenVINO toolkit and OpenCV library have been a
great ally in reaching these goals,” said Won-Chul Bang, corporate
vice president and head of Product Strategy, Samsung Medison.
During labor, LaborAssist helps physicians estimate fetal AOP
and head direction. This enables both the physician and patient to
understand the fetal descent and labor process and determine the
best method for delivery. There is always risk with delivery and a
slowing progress could result in issues for the baby. Obtaining
more accurate and real-time progression of labor can help
physicians determine the best mode of delivery and potentially help
reduce the number of unnecessary cesarean sections.
“LaborAssist provides automatic measurement of the angle of
progression as well as information pertaining to fetal head
direction and estimated head station. So it is useful for
explaining to the patient and her family how the labor is
progressing, using ultrasound images which show the change of head
station during labor. It is expected to be of great assistance in
the assessment of labor progression and decision-making for
delivery,” said Professor Min Jeong Oh, MD, PhD, Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Korea University Guro Hospital in Seoul,
Korea.
BiometryAssist and LaborAssist are already in use in 80
countries, including the United States, Korea, Italy, France,
Brazil and Russia. The solutions received Class 2 clearance by the
FDA in 2020.
What’s Next: Intel and Samsung Medison will continue to
collaborate to advance the state of the art in ultrasounds by
accelerating AI and leveraging advanced technology in Samsung
Medison’s next-generation ultrasound solutions, including Nerve
Tracking, SW Beamforming and AI Module.
More Context: Samsung Automates Ultrasound Measurements
to Improve Clinical Workflows (Case Study) | Artificial
Intelligence at Intel | Intel Health and Life Sciences
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1 Source: Internal Samsung testing. System configuration: Intel®
Core™ i3-4100Q CPU @ 2.4 GHz, 8 GB memory; OS: 64-bit Windows 10.
Inference time without OpenVINO enhancements was 480 milliseconds.
Inference time with OpenVINO enhancements was 85 milliseconds.
2 Source: Internal Samsung testing. System configuration: Intel®
Core™ i3-4100Q CPU @ 2.4 GHz, 8 GB memory; OS: 64-bit Windows 10.
Inference time without OpenVINO enhancements was 480 milliseconds.
Inference time with OpenVINO enhancements was 85 milliseconds.
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