QUANTITATIVE GRAY-SCALE ANALYSIS IN SKELETAL MUSCLE ULTRASOUND: A COMPARISON STUDY OF TWO ULTRASOUND DEVICES
QUANTITATIVE GRAY-SCALE ANALYSIS IN SKELETAL MUSCLE ULTRASOUND: A COMPARISON STUDY OF TWO ULTRASOUND DEVICES
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DOI：
10.1002/mus.21285
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发表时间：
2009-06-01
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影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Zwarts, Machiel J.
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作者：
Pillen, Sigrid;van Dijk, Johannes P.;Zwarts, Machiel J.
肌肉超声是检测神经肌肉疾病的有用技术。与图像的视觉评估相比，使用灰度分析对肌肉回声强度 (EI) 进行量化更可靠、更灵敏。我们设计了一种方法，可以可靠地将一个超声设备建立的 El 正常值用于另一个设备。根据专用模型和 7 名健康受试者的测量结果，计算了转换方程以转换平均 El。接下来对 22 名健康儿童进行的后续研究评估了该方程的可靠性。平均肌肉E1可以可靠地从一种超声设备转换到另一种超声设备。这使得使用一台设备获得的正常值可以与其他设备一起使用，这是在日常临床护理中使用定量肌肉超声的重要一步。肌肉神经 39：781-786，2009
Muscle ultrasound is a useful technique to detect neuromuscular disorders. Quantification of muscle echo intensity (EI) using gray-scale analysis is more reliable and more sensitive compared with visual evaluation of the images. We devised a method to reliably use El normal values established with one ultrasound device for use with another device. Based on measurements in a dedicated phantom and in 7 healthy subjects, a conversion equation was calculated to convert the mean El. The reliability of this equation was next evaluated in a follow-up study of 22 healthy children. Mean muscle El could be reliably converted from one ultrasound device to another. This allows for normal values obtained with one device to be used with other devices, which is an important step forward toward the use of quantitative muscle ultrasound in daily clinical care. Muscle Nerve 39: 781-786, 2009