Cross-sectional chest circumference and shape development in infants
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Seifnaraghi, N., de Gelidi, S., Frerichs, I., Kallio, M., Sorantin, E., Tizzard, A., Demosthenous, A. and Bayford, R. 2022. Cross-sectional chest circumference and shape development in infants. BMC Research Notes. 15 (1), pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-022-06087-z
Type | Article |
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Title | Cross-sectional chest circumference and shape development in infants |
Authors | Seifnaraghi, N., de Gelidi, S., Frerichs, I., Kallio, M., Sorantin, E., Tizzard, A., Demosthenous, A. and Bayford, R. |
Abstract | Objective: This study investigates the development of the thoracic cross-section at the nipple line level during the early stages of life. Unlike the descriptive awareness regarding chest development course, there exist no quantitative references concerning shape, circumference and possible dependencies to age, gender or body weight. The proposed mathematical relations are expected to help create guidelines for more realistic modelling and potential detection of abnormalities. One potential application is lung electrical impedance tomography (EIT) monitoring where accurate chest models are crucial in both extracting reliable parameters for regional ventilation function and design of EIT belts. Despite their importance, such reference data is not readily available for the younger age range due to insufficient data amid the regulations of neonatal imaging. Results: Chest circumference shows the highest correlation to body weight following the relation fx=18.3735ln0.0012x+2.1010 where x is the body weight in grams and f(x) is the chest circumference in cm at the nipple line level. No statistically significant difference in chest circumference between genders was detected. However, the shape indicated signs of both age and gender dependencies with on average boys developing a more rectangular shape than girls from the age of 1 years and 9 months. |
Keywords | Research Note, Chest circumference, Neonatal chest development, Cross-sectional chest shape |
Research Group | Biophysics and Bioengineering group |
Publisher | BioMed Central |
Journal | BMC Research Notes |
ISSN | 1756-0500 |
Electronic | 1756-0500 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 15 Jun 2022 |
31 Dec 2022 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 15 Jun 2022 |
Submitted | 03 Sep 2021 |
Accepted | 30 May 2022 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Copyright Statement | © The Author(s) 2022. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-022-06087-z |
Web of Science identifier | WOS:000811756900002 |
Language | English |
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