Quantitative extensibility evaluation of the uterus as a reproductive organ, and technical application to reproductive and perinatal medicine

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24659721
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Obstetrics and gynecology
• Research Institution: Akita University
• Principal Investigator: SATO Naoki 秋田大学, 医学部, 講師 (40447199)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 弾性ｺﾝﾌﾟﾗｲｱﾝｽ / 子宮奇形の形成術 / 子宮筋腫核出術 / 流早産予防

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of our study is the development of a technology to evaluate the ability to extend of the uterus objectively. In reproductive and perinatal medicine area, elastic compliance constant of the uterus is a new indicator to judge the function of the reproductive organs. We repeated the local measurement of the uterus specimen resected in gynecologic surgery and quantitatively analyzed the influence that an occupation lesion gave to the compliance, and provisionally led the theoretical equation candidates of elastic compliance. A measuring device with a pressure transducer, which can evaluate the elastic function of the entire uterus is being developed. We are going to evaluate the uterine reproductive function, noninvasively and quantitatively. Because the pregnancy and perinatal prognosis are the last evaluation, we are continuing a careful evaluation and participant observation. While pursuing the clinical significance, we wish to utilize the wide range technologies.

Free Research Field

生殖医学、周産期医学