Abstract: A method for fetal weight estimation wherein fetal biometric parameters are ultrasonically measured and further physiological and phenomenological pregnancy parameters are determined for a plurality of sample cases. The fetal weight for each of the sample cases is then determined by precision weighing at birth. A database is then created based on the known sample cases and mathematical prediction models are generated from the database. For the case under examination for which fetal weight is to be predicted, the fetal biometric parameters are ultrasonically measured and further physiological and phenomenological pregnancy parameters are determined. The fetal weight of the case under examination is predicted by using a mathematical prediction model and a multinormal probabilistic model is used as a mathematical model.

Abstract: A method for fetal weight estimation, comprising the following steps: (a) Ultrasonically measuring fetal biometric parameters; (b) Determining further physiological and phenomenological pregnancy parameters; (c) Determining the fetal weight by precision weighing at birth; (d) Creating a database of known sample cases; (e) Generating mathematical prediction models from the database of known cases; (f) Ultrasonically measuring the fetal biometric parameters; (g) Determining further physiological and phenomenological pregnancy parameters; and (h) Predicting the fetal weight of the cases under examination by using a mathematical prediction model, characterized in that a multinormal probabilistic model is used as a mathematical model.