Tracking labor with uterine electrophysiological recordings and multi-scale model

利用子宫电生理记录和多尺度模型跟踪分娩

基本信息

批准号：
8895047
负责人：
Hari Eswaran
金额：
$ 3.62万
依托单位：
UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2013
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2013-09-20 至 2015-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8895047
关键词：
Accounting Action Potentials Admission activity Applied Research Arkansas Award Birth Cell model Cells Clinical Clinical Management Clinical Sciences Collection Complex Contracts Development Devices Diagnosis Discipline of obstetrics Early Diagnosis Electromagnetics Electrophysiology (science)Engineering Environment Fetal Development Fetal Research Fetus Foundations Health Healthcare Systems Hospitals Human Individual Induced Labor Intervention Investigation Knowledge Labor Onset Length of Stay Link Magnetism Measurement Medical Methodology Methods Modeling Morbidity - disease rate Mothers Myometrial National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neurologic Newborn Infant Organ Outcome Oxytocin Patient Schedules Patients Perinatal Pharmaceutical Preparations Physicians Physiological Physiology Pregnancy Premature Birth Premature Infant Premature Labor Process Property Pseudopregnancy Published Comment Reporting Research Personnel Science Signal Transduction Smooth Muscle Source System Techniques Therapeutic Therapeutic Intervention Time Tissues Translating Translational Research United States United States National Institutes of Health Universities Uterine Contraction Uterus Washington acronyms base behavior test clinical application cost design dosage fetal improved innovation instrument magnetic field medical complication member mortality multi-scale modeling multidisciplinary myometrium pregnant pressure prevent reproductive respiratory sensor successful intervention superconducting quantum interference device tool uterine smooth muscle cell

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Preterm birth can cause severe health problems or even be fatal for the fetus, and, also imposes significant financial burdens on health care systems. Early and reliable diagnosis is essential to the development of successful interventions to prevent preterm delivery and improve outcome. In terms of physiology, the uterus is a complex organ, and at this time, our knowledge of the physiological mechanism of the onset and propagation of uterine contractions of labor remains incomplete. The uterus is normally able to accomplish the remarkable task of maintaining an environment which suppresses uterine contractile activity and is conducive to fetal development. At term gestation however, it initiates and coordinates the individual firing of myometrial cells to produce organized contractions resulting in expulsion of the fetus. For poorly understood reasons, the onset of this coordinated activity can occur prior to term gestation with consequential birth of a premature infant. It is evident that the uterus undergoes electrophysiological changes leading to organized uterine contractions, thus providing the basis for the development of a methodology to accurately predict the onset of active labor. This proposal is a development of the combined efforts of a multidisciplinary team of members of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Washington University St. Louis. All of these researchers have specialized knowledge in diverse fields of obstetrics, applied sciences and engineering relevant to the development of a synergetic environment. The need for such an effort is based on lack of tools in field of obstetrics for objective diagnosis of labor. UAMS has the world's first biomagnetic sensing system built specifically for fetal-maternal assessment. The SARA (SQUID Array for Reproductive Assessment) system consists of 151 primary superconducting sensors which detect biomagnetic fields generated in the body by various bioelectric sources including uterine muscles. The term "SQUID" is an acronym for "Superconducting Quantum Interference Device." The SARA system is completely non-invasive and permits the investigation of fetal and maternal parameters from early gestation until delivery. We have shown that SARA is capable of recording electrical activity of the uterine smooth muscles that can provide an electrophysiological signature of onset of labor. To transform it into a clinical tool we need to investigate how therapeutic interventions will alter te labor process. In order to accomplish this we propose to develop a multiscale forward electromagnetic model of contractile activity during pregnancy taking into account electrophysiological and anatomical knowledge. By combining macroscopic recordings with multi-scale modeling approach, we believe the model will not only provide a link to observed uterine electrophysiological signals but also provide useful therapeutic information for the clinical management of pregnancy.

描述（由申请人提供）：早产可能会导致严重的健康问题，甚至对胎儿致命，并且对医疗保健系统施加了巨大的财务负担。早期和可靠的诊断对于制定成功的干预措施以防止早产并改善预后至关重要。在生理学方面，子宫是一个复杂的器官，目前，我们对劳动子宫发作和传播的生理机制的了解仍然不完整。子宫通常能够完成抑制子宫收缩活动并有利于胎儿发育的环境的杰出任务。但是，在妊娠期间，它会启动并协调肌层细胞的单个发射以产生有组织的收缩，从而导致胎儿驱逐。出于理解的原因，这种协调活动的发作可以在妊娠期之前发生，而早产婴儿的出生。显然，子宫经历了导致有组织子宫收缩的电生理变化，从而为开发方法提供了基础，以准确预测活性劳动的发作。该建议是对阿肯色大学医学科学大学（UAMS），阿肯色大学小石城和华盛顿大学圣路易斯大学的多学科团队的共同努力的发展。所有这些研究人员在妇产科，应用科学和工程方面都有与协同环境发展有关的专业知识。对这种努力的需求是基于缺乏妇产领域的工具来客观地诊断劳动。 UAMS拥有全球第一个专门用于胎儿女性评估的生物磁传感系统。 SARA（用于生殖评估的鱿鱼阵列）系统由151个主要超导传感器组成，这些传感器检测到包括子宫肌肉在内的各种生物电源在体内产生的生物磁场。术语“ squid”是“超导量子干扰装置”的首字母缩写。 SARA系统是完全无创的，可以从妊娠到分娩的胎儿和母体参数进行研究。我们已经表明，萨拉能够记录子宫平滑肌的电活动，这些肌肉可以提供劳动发作的电生理学特征。要将其转换为临床工具，我们需要研究治疗干预措施将如何改变劳动过程。为了实现这一目标，我们建议在妊娠期间开发一种多尺度前向电磁模型，考虑到电生理学和解剖学知识。通过将宏观记录与多尺度建模方法相结合，我们认为该模型不仅可以与观察到的子宫电生理学信号提供联系，而且还为怀孕的临床管理提供了有用的治疗信息。