Makayla Schmidt
Pronouns: She/Her
Research Mentor(s): J Fowlkes
Co-Presenter:
Research Mentor School/College/Department: Radiology / Medicine
Presentation Date: April 20
Presentation Type: Poster
Session: Session 3 – 1:40pm – 2:30 pm
Room: League Ballroom
Authors: Makayla Schmidt, Stephen Pinter, J. Brian Fowlkes
Presenter: 35
Abstract
Volumetric blood flow is an important indicator of health, especially in consideration of placental blood flow which supplies oxygen and nutrients to a gestating fetus. Cord flow is directly related to placental blood flow, yet current methods of assessing umbilical venous flow (UVF) via 2D sonography are limited by several technical factors requiring assumptions to be made about the vessel being measured which are not accurate for every patient. It is therefore not a very useful model in a clinical setting. The current study seeks to evaluate and implement a new technique using 3D sonography to obtain faster and more accurate measurements of UVF. Using this model, sonographers can obtain approximately 40 volumes in 10 seconds, making it an attractive option for healthcare providers. Prior investigations suggest that volume flow measurements by 3D sonography have good accuracy and encouraging results for further development of the model to identify at-risk pregnancies. The GRACE study is a large-scale clinical trial using 3D sonography to obtain UVF measurements in women with small for gestational age (SGA) pregnancies, defined by the protocol as a fetus in the =10th weight percentile. The GRACE study is currently in the second year of a five-year goal in collecting data.
Biomedical Sciences, Interdisciplinary
