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However, their generalizability to new clinical contexts outside original training settings requires evaluation.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n To investigate the ability of a previously trained AI system to interpret blind sweep ultrasonography scans for GA estimation to generalize to new clinical environments.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>\n This prospective diagnostic study compares AI model performance against the clinical standard for GA determination. The model was primarily accessed following lightweight adaptation using data from 1 setting. From a broader cohort of 2043 participants (1008 in Chicago and 1035 in Nairobi), datasets included an adaptation set of 120 Chicago participants (split evenly for training and validation) and a primary evaluation set of 385 participants (192 in Chicago and 193 in Nairobi) with GAs of 16 to 36 weeks. The study took place in 2 urban medical institutions, 1 in Chicago, Illinois (March 7, 2022, to May 28, 2024) and 1 in Nairobi, Kenya (January 8 to September 2, 2024). Data were analyzed April 21 to June 4, 2025.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Intervention<\/jats:title>\n A mobile application containing the AI system for GA estimation, with data collected via a protocolized blind sweep procedure by novice operators.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>\n The primary outcome was the mean absolute error (MAE) of the fine-tuned AI\u2019s GA estimation compared with the clinical standard (expert sonographer estimate), using a 1-day noninferiority margin.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n The primary evaluation set included 385 participants (mean [SD] maternal age, 31.3 [5.6] years). The adapted model achieved an MAE of 4.1 days (95% CI, 3.5-4.7) in Chicago and 4.3 days (95% CI, 3.8-4.8 days) in Nairobi. Overall, the AI model demonstrated noninferiority to clinical standard estimates (MAE, 4.2 days [95% CI, 3.8-4.6 days] vs 4.5 days [95% CI, 4.1-4.9 days];\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n These findings suggest that the AI model for GA estimation, using blind sweep data collected by novice operators, demonstrated generalization to new clinical settings and a different ultrasonography probe. 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