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UNC Landmark Study Empowers Nurse Midwives to Perform at Level of Trained Sonographers Using Butterfly

Unique scanning method coupled with artificial intelligence, paves the way for universal obstetric ultrasound GUILFORD, Conn. and NEW YORK, April 8, 2022 – Butterfly Network, Inc. (NYSE: BFLY), (the company) a digital health company transforming care with handheld, whole-body ultrasound, today announced its position in a new study published in NEJM Evidence,...

AI Estimation of Gestational Age from Blind Ultrasound Sweeps in Low-Resource Settings

Abstract BACKGROUND Ultrasound is indispensable to gestational age estimation and thus to quality obstetrical care, yet high equipment cost and the need for trained sonographers limit its use in low-resource settings

UNC Chapel Hill Receives $14 Million for Childbirth Safety Research

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has announced a $14 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in support of research focused on improving childbirth safety in the world’s poorest countries.

UNC-Chapel Hill awarded $14 million to make childbirth safer for mothers and infants

CHAPEL HILL, NC — A team of clinical researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received $14 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to conduct two studies aimed at improving pregnancy outcomes in the world’s poorest countries. An interdisciplinary team at the UNC School...

EXIT Surgery Saves Unborn Babies

UNC and Vanderbilt are the only hospitals in the southeast to perform the EXIT procedure on babies between womb and birth.