Reliability of the EchoMRI Infants System for Water and Fat Measurements in Newborns.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The precision and accuracy of a quantitative magnetic resonance (EchoMRI Infants) system in newborns were determined.

Methods

Canola oil and drinking water phantoms (increments of 10 g to 1.9 kg) were scanned four times. Instrument reproducibility was assessed from three scans (within 10 minutes) in 42 healthy term newborns (12-70 hours post birth). Instrument precision was determined from the coefficient of variation (CV) of repeated scans for total water, lean mass, and fat measures for newborns and the mean difference between weight and measurement for phantoms. In newborns, the system accuracy for total body water (TBW) was tested against deuterium dilution (D₂ O).

Results

In phantoms, the repeatability and accuracy of fat and water measuremen

SUBMITTER: Toro-Ramos T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5669386 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature