Can AI Help Make IVF More Successful? [Video]

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AI might boost success rates for IVFAn AI program more precisely judged the timing for a hormone shot related to egg retrievalResearchers are creating a tool that could help doctors

THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — AI might be able to boost the success rates of in vitro fertilization among hopeful families.

An AI program can help doctors analyze ultrasound scans to determine the best timing for a hormone injection associated with egg collection, researchers write in a new study published Jan. 8 in the journal Nature Communications.

Getting the timing right can optimize the number of eggs retrieved and improve the odds of having a successful pregnancy, researchers said.

“IVF provides help and hope for many patients who are unable to conceive but it’s an invasive, expensive, and time-consuming treatment,” co-senior researcher Dr. Ali Abbara, a clinician scientist at Imperial College London, said in a news release from the school.

“It …