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Quantification of gastric emptying and duodenogastric reflux stroke volumes using three-dimensional guided digital
1Med. Dept., Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway. tryh@haukeland.no
Objective:
To develop a non-invasive method for evaluating gastric emptying and duodenogastric reflux stroke volumes using three-dimensional (3D) guided digital color Doppler imaging.
Methods:
The technique involved color Doppler digital images of transpyloric flow in which the 3D position and orientation of the images were known by using a magnetic location system.
Results:
In vitro, the system was found to slightly underestimate the reference flow (by average 8.8%). In vivo (five volunteers), stroke volume of gastric emptying episodes lasted on average only 0.69 s with a volume on average of 4.3 ml (range 1.1-7.4 ml), and duodenogastric reflux episodes on average 1.4 s with a volume of 8.3 ml (range 1.3-14.1 ml).
Conclusion:
With the appropriate instrument settings, orientation determined color Doppler can be used for stroke volume quantification of gastric emptying and duodenogastric reflux episodes.