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Neonatal Brain Ultrasound With CEUS and Elastography
Sponsor: Turku University Hospital
Summary
The aim of our study is to investigate changes of brain perfusion and elasticity in neonates during the time that a neonate is adapting to live outside the womb and during diseases that are suspected to affect neonatal brain perfusion. We use contrast enhanced ultrasound (sulphur hexafluoride) and ultrasound-assisted elastography to evaluate the state of brain perfusion. We will study neonates recruited from the Neonatal Units of Turku University Hospital.
Official title: Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound and Elastography of the Neonatal Brain
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
1 Minute - 6 Months
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
100
Start Date
2024-01-01
Completion Date
2029-12
Last Updated
2026-01-15
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Brain contrast enhanced ultrasound, brain ultrasound elastography
To study brain perfusion with brain ultrasound, contrast enhanced ultrasound of the brain and ultrasound-guided shear-wave elastography
Sulfur Hexafluoride
To evaluate the differences in brain perfusion studied by CEUS, comparing different patient groups and babies with no suspected brain pathology
Locations (1)
Turku University Hospital
Turku, Southwestern Finland, Finland