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Obstetric screening is key to reducing maternal and perinatal mortality; however,

conventional obstetric screening methods require high levels of medical expertise

and are both time- and labor-intensive. To address these issues, SonoScape has

launched a smart obstetric screening system based on articial intelligence (AI)

and other technologies. The system automates output of screening results through

automatic structure recognition, measurement, classication, and diagnosis to

signicantly enhance eciency and reduce the workload of doctors.

The S-Fetus 4.0 Obstetric Screening Assistant

uses deep learning to power a

smart scenario-based work model that allows doctors to perform sonography

without the need to manually control equipment and enables real-time dynamic

acquisition of standard planes and automatic measurement of fetal biometry and

growth index, an industry rst. Sonoscape’s aim is to simplify obstetric screening

workows and make it easier for patients to get care. To enhance its performance,

SonoScape used the Intel® oneAPI Base Toolkit for cross-architecture

development and optimization to speed processing of multimodal data. Through

a platform based on the Intel® Core™ i7 processor, performance was increased by

approximately 20x

while achieving higher price performance, cross-architecture

scalability, and exibility.

Background: Applications and Challenges of Diagnostic

Ultrasound in Obstetric Examinations

Diagnostic ultrasound is a technique in which ultrasound is used to measure the

data and morphology of a patient’s physiology or tissue structure to discover

diseases and provide medical guidance.

Owing to safety, non-invasiveness,

cost performance, practicality, repeatability, and broad adaptability, the market

for diagnostic ultrasound equipment is growing rapidly. According to data from

Fortune Business Insights, the size of the global diagnostic ultrasound equipment

market was USD 7.26 billion in 2020, and is expected to reach USD 12.93 billion by

the end of 2028, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.8%.

Though 2D ultrasound is indispensable for the diagnosis of obstetric and

gynecological diseases (especially in intrauterine fetal testing), conventional

ultrasonography techniques rely heavily on the expertise of the sonographer. As

time-consuming and skill-intensive manual operations are required throughout

the entire process, ultrasonography poses challenges to hospitals in smaller

communities and less-developed areas that have limited access to medical

technology.

Intel® oneAPI Base Toolkit Helps SonoScape

Optimize the Performance of its S-Fetus 4.0

Obstetric Screening Assistant

Health & Life Sciences

Solution Brief

“With our commitment

to the independent

R&D and innovation

of medical equipment,

SonoScape is pleased

to state that our

cutting-edge AI

technology, powered

by Intel® oneAPI

architecture, has

been able to realize

its potential to serve

medical institutions

around the world.”

Feng Naizhang

Vice President, SonoScape

Summary of content (7 pages)

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Solution Brief Health & Life Sciences Intel® oneAPI Base Toolkit Helps SonoScape Optimize the Performance of its S-Fetus 4.0 Obstetric Screening Assistant “With our commitment to the independent R&D and innovation of medical equipment, SonoScape is pleased to state that our cutting-edge AI technology, powered by Intel® oneAPI architecture, has been able to realize its potential to serve medical institutions around the world.
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Solution Brief | Intel® oneAPI Base Toolkit Helps SonoScape Optimize the Performance of its S-Fetus 4.0 Obstetric Screening Assistant To address these issues, SonoScape has developed a smart diagnostic ultrasound solution based on AI technologies that are capable of classification, detection, and segmentation of a variety of anatomical structures from ultrasound images through deep learning algorithms represented by convolutional neural networks (CNNs).
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Solution Brief | Intel® oneAPI Base Toolkit Helps SonoScape Optimize the Performance of its S-Fetus 4.0 Obstetric Screening Assistant The front end of the S-Fetus 4.0 generates multimodal data in accordance with scenario requirements, while post processing handles reconstruction, processing, and optimization. Working on reconstructed and optimized data, the real-time AI recognition and tracking module analyzes and extracts standard surfaces.
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Solution Brief | Intel® oneAPI Base Toolkit Helps SonoScape Optimize the Performance of its S-Fetus 4.0 Obstetric Screening Assistant Intel oneAPI Base Toolkit Helps SonoScape Optimize the Performance of its Obstetric Screening Assistant The data processing flow of the solution is shown below (Figure 4).
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Solution Brief | Intel® oneAPI Base Toolkit Helps SonoScape Optimize the Performance of its S-Fetus 4.0 Obstetric Screening Assistant Comprehensive Performance Optimization using Intel Software Tools Optimization #1: First, SonoScape used the Intel® VTune™ Profiler to analyze their workload. The profiler can quickly identify CPU and GPU load performance bottlenecks and provide relevant information.
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Solution Brief | Intel® oneAPI Base Toolkit Helps SonoScape Optimize the Performance of its S-Fetus 4.0 Obstetric Screening Assistant Result: Excellent Performance and CrossArchitecture Scalability By using Intel Core i7 processors with integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics to provide underlying computing power and the Intel oneAPI heterogeneous platform for optimization, the SonoScape obstetric screening assistant was able to balance performance, cost-effectiveness, and scalability across multiple platforms.
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Solution Brief | Intel® oneAPI Base Toolkit Helps SonoScape Optimize the Performance of its S-Fetus 4.0 Obstetric Screening Assistant About SonoScape Founded in 2002 in Shenzhen, China, SonoScape has committed itself to “Caring for Life through Innovation” by providing ultrasound and endoscopy solutions.