Ultrasound point shear wave elastography of the pancreas: comparison of patients with type 1 diabetes and healthy volunteers - results from a pilot study.
BMC Med Imaging
; 18(1): 52, 2018 12 13.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The aims of this study were to establish shear wave elastography of the pancreas by comparing measurements in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and healthy volunteers and to consider whether this method could contribute to the screening or prevention of T1D.METHODS:
This pilot study included 15 patients with T1D (10 men, 5 women) and 15 healthy volunteers (10 men, 5 women) as controls. Measurements were performed with a Siemens Acuson S3000 (Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany) using a 6C1 convex transducer and the Virtual Touch™ tissue quantification (VTQ) method.RESULTS:
The mean shear wave velocity of the head of the pancreas was 1.0 ± 0.2 m/s (median 1.1 m/s) for the study group and likewise 1.0 ± 0.2 m/s (median 0.9 m/s) for the control group. Velocities of 1.2 ± 0.2 m/s (median 1.2 m/s) were measured in the body of the pancreas in both groups. There was a significant difference between the values obtained in the tail of the pancreas patients 1.1 ± 0.1 m/s (median 1.0 m/s) versus controls 0.9 ± 0.1 m/s (median 0.8 m/s) (p = 0.0474). The mean value in the whole pancreas of the study group was not significantly above that of the control group 1.1 ± 0.1 m/s (median 1.0 m/s) versus 1.0 ± 0.1 m/s (median 1.0 m/s) (p = 0.2453).CONCLUSIONS:
Sonoelastography of the pancreas revealed no overall difference between patients with T1D and healthy volunteers. Patients with T1D showed higher values only in the tail segment. Future studies need to determine whether specific regional differences can be found in a larger study population.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pancreas
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
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Elasticity Imaging Techniques
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
BMC Med Imaging
Journal subject:
DIAGNOSTICO POR IMAGEM
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article
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