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Study of cerebral cortex development in very preterm infants using three-dimensional neurosonography

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Aim of the study was to establish methodological procedures and standards for evaluating cerebral gyri and sulci formation in very preterm infants using three-dimensional neurosonography. 40 preterm infants (16 from singleton and 24 from a multiple pregnancy) born during the period from 25 to 31 week of gestation were investigated (295 ultrasound examinations in total). Three-dimensional neurosonography was performed weekly starting from 1-3 days of newborn life (Voluson i, GE Healthcare, USA). Cerebral structures, timing of appearance, and peculiarities of sulci formation were studied. Cingulate sulcus was visualized at 27 week of postconceptional age, superior frontal sulcus - at 32 week in 27 (67.5%) and at 33 weeks in 39 (97.5%) patients. Fragments of parieto-occipital and calcarine sulci were visualized from the birth. Superior temporal sulcus in most cases was clearly visualized at 31 week of postconceptional age, insular sulci - at 34 weeks, olfactory sulci - at 27 week, orbital sulci - at 32 week in 5 (12.5%) and at 34 week in 39 (97.5%) patients. Statistically significant differences in terms of initial identification of studied infants brain sulci in multiple and singleton pregnancies have not been found.

About the Authors

L. A. Chugunova
Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology
Russian Federation


M. V. Narogan
Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology
Russian Federation


A. I. Gus
Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology
Russian Federation


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Chugunova L.A., Narogan M.V., Gus A.I. Study of cerebral cortex development in very preterm infants using three-dimensional neurosonography. Ultrasound & Functional Diagnostics. 2017;(2):10-22. (In Russ.)

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