Automatic Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Diameter Measurement

Natasha Monzon Svendsen

Status: Completed

Conditions: AAA - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Treatments: Device: Philips EPIQ-7, Philips Healthcare, Bothell, WA, USA

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT05983016

H-20001116

Details and patient eligibility

About

Managing abdominal aortic aneurysms currently relies on diameter assessment with ultrasound. Diameter reproducibility with two-dimensional ultrasound is challenging, and requires experienced operators. A novel automatic three-dimensional ultrasound system has the potential to facilitate more precise diameter measurements than two-dimensional ultrasound. This study aimed to assess the variance of abdominal aortic aneurysm diameter measurements among ultrasound novices and experts by comparing two-dimensional ultrasound with the three-dimensional ultrasound system in a clinical setting.

Ten patients under abdominal aortic aneurysm surveillance were examined by 29 ultrasound-operators: 13 experts and 16 novices. The experts were sonographers and physicians highly experienced in abdominal aortic aneurysm ultrasound, and the novices were medical students and junior residents with sparse ultrasound experience.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

-Patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm > 3 cm.

Trial design

10 participants in 1 patient group

Patients

Description:

All ten patients had their abdominal aortic aneurysm measured by experts and novices using both two-dimensional and three-dimensional ultrasound

Treatment:

Device: Philips EPIQ-7, Philips Healthcare, Bothell, WA, USA