AI could help deliver greater success at birth

With machine learning, Mayo Clinic researchers found it is possible to predict how patterns of changes in pregnant patients who are in labor can help identify whether a vaginal delivery will occur with good outcomes for mom and baby.

WHY IT MATTERS
The ability to change the shape of and open the birth canal to make way for a baby to be born varies from patient to patient. When obstetricians analyze contractions, as well as fetal heartbeats,…