Potential of Artificial Intelligence for Estimating Japanese Fetal Weights

We developed an artificial intelligence (AI) method for estimating fetal weights of Japanese fetuses based on the gestational weeks and the bi-parietal diameter, abdominal circumference, and femur length. The AI comprised of neural network architecture was trained by deep learning with a dataset that consists of +/- 2 standard deviation (SD), +/- 1.5SD, and +/- OSD categories of the approved standard values of ultrasonic measurements of the fetal weights of Japanese fetuses (Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine [JSUM] data). We investigated the residuals and compared 2 other regression formulae for estimating the fetal weights of Japanese fetuses by t-test and Bland-Altman analyses, respectively. The residuals of the AI for the test dataset that was 12.5% of the JSUM data were 6.4 +/- 2.6, -3.8 +/- 8.6, and -0.32 +/- 6.3 (g) at -2SD, +2SD, and all categories, respectively. The residuals of another AI method created with all of the JSUM data, of which 20% were randomized validation data, were -1.5 +/- 9.4, -2.5 +/- 7.3, and -1.1 +/- 6.7 (g) for -2SD, +2SD, and all categories, respectively. The residuals of this AI were not different from zero, whereas those of the published formulae differed from zero. Though validation is required, the AI demonstrated potential for generating fetal weights accurately, especially for extreme fetal weights.