Automatic Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Diameter Measurement
- Conditions
- AAA - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- Registration Number
- NCT05983016
- Lead Sponsor
- Natasha Monzon Svendsen
- Brief Summary
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.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 10
-Patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm > 3 cm.
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Abdominal aortic aneurysm measurement variance between novices and experts One week The primary outcome was to test the variance of abdominal aortic aneurysm diameter measurements by comparing expert and novice ultrasound operators using conventional 2D-ultrasound and 3D-software assisted ultrasound.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Department of Vascular Surgery, Rigshospitalet
🇩🇰Copenhagen, Denmark
Department of Vascular Surgery, Rigshospitalet🇩🇰Copenhagen, Denmark