Aarthi Scans & Labs and Origin Medical Research Lab India Private Limited, the research and development arm of Origin Medical, have announced an ongoing collaboration to enhance the quality and accessibility of prenatal ultrasound care through artificial intelligence. Over the past five years, the two organisations have jointly developed and validated AI solutions tailored for maternal- fetal imaging in high-volume clinical environments, with the goal of ensuring that expecting mothers receive consistent, high-quality prenatal assessments irrespective of where they seek care.
The collaboration focuses on critical steps in the prenatal ultrasound workflow, including automated image capture, anatomical landmark detection, real-time image quality assessment and fetal biometry. These capabilities are designed to streamline workflows, reduce inter-operator variability and support clinicians in delivering more standardised prenatal care. By integrating AI-driven guidance and feedback into routine scans, the partners aim to help radiologists and fetal medicine specialists complete comprehensive anatomical surveys more efficiently, while maintaining adherence to international practice guidelines.
“Prenatal ultrasound plays a critical role in monitoring fetal development and enabling timely clinical decisions during pregnancy. However, ensuring consistency and quality in fetal imaging across high-volume and diverse healthcare settings continues to be a challenge,” said Dr Arunkumar Govindarajan, Radiologist and Executive Director, Aarthi Scans & Labs. He added that the collaboration with Origin Medical Research Lab is focused on closing this gap through clinically validated AI solutions that support specialists in delivering more standardised and accurate prenatal assessments, with the broader objective of improving access to high-quality maternal healthcare in a rapidly growing market like India.
The outcomes of the joint work, carried out in collaboration with additional clinical and research partners, have been presented at leading international forums such as the ISUOG World Congress and the Fetal Medicine Foundation World Congress. Across multiple studies, the AI systems have demonstrated strong performance in identifying and assessing complete fetal anatomy, including critical regions like the fetal central nervous system, underscoring their potential role in strengthening anomaly detection in routine clinical practice.
As part of the collaboration, the partners have developed AI systems with automated image capture and feedback features that help clinical teams acquire complete anatomical surveys more efficiently, thereby reducing scan times and improving the overall patient experience. The systems also incorporate real-time image-quality and view-completeness checks, providing immediate feedback to ensure that required anatomical views are captured in line with international standards. In addition, automated fetal measurement tools are intended to improve the consistency of fetal biometry and reduce human-to-human variability in prenatal ultrasound assessments across different centres.
“Aarthi Scans & Labs has been one of our first and foundational partners from day one, and their clinical rigour, scale and commitment to innovation have been central to the progress we have made in AI-driven prenatal imaging,” said Sripad Krishna Devalla, co-founder and CEO of Origin Medical. He noted that Origin Medical Research Lab, as the dedicated research and development arm of Origin Medical, places partnerships like this at the core of its work translating real-world clinical data and insights into AI solutions that are validated, scalable and clinically meaningful, and directly shaping the technologies that Origin Medical is bringing to prenatal care settings globally.
