Comparison of Brain Volumes Measured by 2D USG and MRI

Last updated: January 12, 2021
Sponsor: Ankara City Hospital Bilkent
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

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Condition

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Treatment

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Clinical Study ID

NCT04190017
2019512-1
  • Ages < 3
  • All Genders

Study Summary

Cranial USG is simple and easy method to assess preterm infant brain. Some studies showed that brain volumes of preterm infants could be calculated by measurement of 2D distances. Our aim in this study was to compare brain volume obtained by USG and MRI.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • All preterm infants under 32 weeks of gestational age and birth weight between 800-1200 grams
  • Born in our hospital
  • Alive during discharge

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • congenital anomalies
  • cranial bleeding
  • early death

Study Design

Total Participants: 25
Study Start date:
November 01, 2019
Estimated Completion Date:
March 30, 2022

Study Description

All preterm infants less than 32 weeks of gestational age undergo cranial USG examination routinely at least, in the first week of life, at the end of first month and corrected age 36 weeks and 40 weeks. We will performa all USG mesurements with measureing intracranial hegiht, anteroposterior diameter, biparietal diamater, ventriccular height, thalamo-occipital distance and ventricular index. We will calculate the brain volume as a spheric geometric shape than we will calculate two ventricles as conical shapes. Absolute brain volume will be calculating by substracting two ventricles from total brain volume. At 40 weeks of age we will perform a cranial MRI to show exact brain volume and we will ccompare two different methods.

Connect with a study center

  • Ankara City Hospital

    Ankara,
    Turkey

    Active - Recruiting

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