Suggesting a sonographic index to measure ultrasound diaphragmatic MRR

Christakis Loizou, C. P. Loizou, D. Matamis, E. Soleimezi, G. Minas, C. S. Pattichis

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Abstract

Measurements of ultrasound diaphragmatic motion may provide important and essential information about diaphragmatic fatigue. In this work, we propose a semiautomated analysis system for measuring the diaphragmatic motion and estimation of the maximum relaxation rate (MRR) from ultrasound M-mode images of the diaphragmatic muscle. The proposed system was evaluated in three ultrasound images of the diaphragmatic muscle. The system is able to compute the diaphragmatic motion and extract quantitative parameters for systolic and diastolic times as well as the excursion, inspiration, cycle duration and the MRR. The proposed system was evaluated by a clinical expert. It is anticipated that it might be used in future in the clinical practice. Further validation and additional experimentation in a larger sample of images is required for further validating the system.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationXIV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, MEDICON 2016
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages355-360
Number of pages6
Volume57
ISBN (Print)9783319327013
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Event14th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, MEDICON 2016 - Paphos, Cyprus
Duration: 31 Mar 20162 Apr 2016

Other

Other14th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, MEDICON 2016
Country/TerritoryCyprus
CityPaphos
Period31/03/162/04/16

Keywords

  • Diaphragmatic motion analysis
  • Diaphragmatic muscle
  • Diaphragmatic ultrasound
  • Maximum relaxation rate (MRR)

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