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    MIT’s algorithm could improve imaging techniques used during pregnancy

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    Christine Fisher
    Christine Fisher
    10.02.2019

    The placenta plays a critical role in pregnancy: connecting the fetus to the maternal blood system. But assessing placental health is difficult because modern imaging techniques provide limited information. Researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) think they might be able to change that using a volumetric mesh-based algorithm.