2025 · Journal of medical Internet research · open access
Monitoring Ovarian Stimulation for Assisted Reproduction With Patient Self-Scans Using a Home Vaginal Ultrasound Device: A Single-Center Interventional, Prospective Study
Shufaro et al.
The finding, in our words
Self-scans with a smartphone-based home ultrasound device produced image quality and measurements of follicle count, endometrial thickness and oocyte yield that closely matched in-clinic sonography, with strong correlations and no difference in clinical decisions, supporting remote monitoring of ovarian stimulation.
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Daily remote urine hormone monitoring of LH and PdG, together with age and cycle start day, can identify menstrual cycle phase and day with 95% confidence; this supports precise, patient-centric cycle tracking outside clinic settings.
AI analysis of salivary crystallisation patterns from self-collected saliva predicted delivery dates with high accuracy in a small cohort, offering a virtually painless home monitoring option for pregnant women that could support decentralised antenatal care.
Li et al., IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics (paywalled) · source ↗
The authors built a home-use ovulation detector that measures basal body temperature and cervical mucus pH, validated it in twenty women, and reported satisfactory performance for identifying fertility windows to aid both contraception and conception. This supports decentralised, patient-managed fertility monitoring integrated with smartphone e-health platforms.
Mansouri, Journal of medical signals and sensors · source ↗
Self-collected salivary progesterone and the ratio of estradiol to progesterone showed strong agreement with serum levels, supporting the use of saliva as a noninvasive matrix for monitoring the menstrual cycle.
Goldenstein et al., Physiological reports · source ↗
This proof-of-concept study demonstrated that patients with inflammatory bowel disease could successfully perform capillary blood microsampling at home with high analytical success rates, and a majority preferred this decentralised approach over hospital venous draws.
Schuurman et al., Inflammatory bowel diseases · source ↗