World's first AI-powered ultrasound guided automated spinal landmark identification

(SingHealth) A study conducted by KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) and National University of Singapore's (NUS) Faculty of Engineering shows that a world's first novel artificial intelligence (AI)-powered ultrasound guided automated spinal landmark identification system, called uSINETM, enhances patient care by improving the accuracy and success rate of first attempt needle insertion during spinal anaesthesia.