Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Noninvasive electromyometrial imaging of human uterine maturation during term labor

  • Hui Wang,
  • Zichao Wen,
  • Wenjie Wu,
  • Zhexian Sun,
  • Zulfia Kisrieva-Ware,
  • Yiqi Lin,
  • Sicheng Wang,
  • Hansong Gao,
  • Haonan Xu,
  • Peinan Zhao,
  • Qing Wang,
  • George A. Macones,
  • Alan L. Schwartz,
  • Phillip Cuculich,
  • Alison G. Cahill,
  • Yong Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36440-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Preventing preterm birth and labor arrest requires safe and accurate uterine contraction monitoring. Here, the authors show that Electromyometrial Imaging (EMMI) can image 3D uterine contraction patterns dynamically in human labor, providing new insights into uterine maturation as labor progresses.