An AI software system improved ultrasound detection of fetal congenital heart defects compared with unaided interpretation. The AI system was also associated with shorter mean reading time of images.

Researchers have found in a new study that first-trimester ultrasound screening enables early prenatal diagnosis and ...

Fetal echocardiograms can also be performed for screening purposes if doctors identify risk factors. It’s “incredibly important” to detect congenital heart defects before birth, Mowers said.

The 2023 law says abortions cannot be performed after an ultrasound can detect “cardiac activity, or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart, within the gestational sac.” ...

Anthony Pro-Life America. The challengers contend that the law refers to detection of a "fetal heartbeat" on ultrasound after which abortion should be banned, except for some exceptions.