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Ultrasound scattering by aggregated red blood cells in patients with diabetes

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Abstract

Purpose

To develop methods for noninvasively and quantitatively measuring blood glucose levels.

Methods

In the present study, we evaluated the degree of red blood cell (RBC) aggregation at a low shear rate robustly by introducing two new parameters determined from changes in the scattering power spectrum of the echoes from the intravascular lumen before and after cessation of blood flow. We also considered the clinical significance of these parameters and the change in sizes estimated by the conventional method by comparing them with the blood glucose level obtained just before the ultrasonic measurements. We performed the measurements in one healthy subject and 11 diabetic patients.

Results

A correlation was found between one of the proposed parameters and the blood glucose level. However, the p value was not very high, and one of the reasons for the decline of the correlation will be that some factors other than blood glucose also affect RBC aggregation.

Conclusion

The proposed method has potential for clinical application after elucidation of the various factors affecting RBC aggregation.

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Acknowledgements

This work was partly supported by MEXT/JSPS KAKENHI through Grant No. 16K14272.

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  1. Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8579, Japan

    Hiroki Sakaki, Mototaka Arakawa & Hiroshi Kanai

  2. Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8579, Japan

    Mototaka Arakawa & Hiroshi Kanai

  3. Department of Internal Medicine Division of Diabetes and Metabolism, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8505, Japan

    Satoshi Yashiro, Yusuke Todate & Yasushi Ishigaki

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This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Iwate Medical University (Approval Number: H26-79). Written informed consent was obtained from study participants.

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Sakaki, H., Arakawa, M., Yashiro, S. et al. Ultrasound scattering by aggregated red blood cells in patients with diabetes. J Med Ultrasonics 46, 3–14 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-018-0892-z

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