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For each\u00a0frame, the quality assessment was performed by an\u00a0expert sonographer and by an artificial intelligence software (Heartassist\u2122). The Cohen\u2019s \u03ba coefficient was used to evaluate the agreement rates between both techniques.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec id=\"j_jpm-2023-0052_abs_003\">\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The number and percentage of images considered adequate visually by the expert or with Heartassist\u2122 were similar with a percentage &gt;87\u202f% for all the cardiac views considered. The Cohen\u2019s \u03ba coefficient values were for the\u00a0four-chamber view 0.827 (95\u202f% CI 0.662\u20130.992), 0.814 (95\u202f% CI 0.638\u20130.990) for left ventricle outflow tract, 0.838 (95\u202f% CI 0.683\u20130.992) and three vessel trachea view 0.866 (95\u202f% CI 0.717\u20130.999), indicating a good agreement between the two techniques.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec id=\"j_jpm-2023-0052_abs_004\">\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Heartassist\u2122 allows to obtain the automatic evaluation of fetal cardiac views, reached the same accuracy of expert visual assessment and has the potential to be applied in the evaluation of fetal heart during second trimester ultrasonographic screening of fetal anomalies.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1515\/jpm-2023-0052","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,25]],"date-time":"2023-04-25T16:35:46Z","timestamp":1682440546000},"page":"920-924","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Evaluation of an artificial intelligent algorithm (Heartassist\u2122) to automatically assess the quality of second trimester cardiac views: a prospective study"],"prefix":"10.1515","volume":"51","author":[{"given":"Maria Elena","family":"Pietrolucci","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, Universit\u00e0 di Roma Tor Vergata , Roma , Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pavjola","family":"Maqina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, Universit\u00e0 di Roma Tor Vergata , Roma , Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ilenia","family":"Mappa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, Universit\u00e0 di Roma Tor Vergata , Roma , Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maria Chiara","family":"Marra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, Universit\u00e0 di Roma Tor Vergata , Roma , Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Francesco","family":"D\u2019 Antonio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Universit\u00e0 di Chieti , Foggia , Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5525-4353","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Giuseppe","family":"Rizzo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, Universit\u00e0 di Roma Tor Vergata , Roma , Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"374","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023101805030566423_j_jpm-2023-0052_ref_001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Liu, Y, Chen, S, Z\u00fchlke, L, Black, GC, Choy, MK, Li, N, et al.. 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