Automatic Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Diameter Measurement

Automated Three-dimensional Ultrasound Bridges the Gap Between Novices and Experts in Diameter Assessment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05983016

Enrollment

Registered

2023-08-09

Start date

2022-01-15

Completion date

2022-02-14

Last updated

2023-09-05

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Conditions

AAA - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Keywords

Ultrasound, Three dimensional ultrasound, Abdominal aortic aneurysm, Sonography, 3D ultrasound

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.

Interventions

DEVICEPhilips EPIQ-7, Philips Healthcare, Bothell, WA, USA

All patients had their abdominal aortic aneurysm maximum anterior-posterior diameter estimated with two-dimensional ultrasound using a 5 MHz curved array transducer (Philips® C5-1 transducer, Philips Healthcare, Bothell, WA, USA). After the acquisition, a three-dimensional ultrasound acquisition was performed with a 3D-matrix transducer (Philips® X6-1 transducers, Philips Healthcare, Bothell, WA, USA).

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

-Patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm \> 3 cm.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
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.

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026