Clinical Trial: Healthy Volunteer Visibility Study of Micromachined Tags for the Detection of Surgical Sponges

Study Status: Withdrawn
Recruit Status: Withdrawn
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Healthy Volunteer Visibility Study of Micromachined Tags for the Detection of Surgical Sponges

Brief Summary: Surgical sponges can be accidentally left inside patient's bodies. We are working on special tags (called microfabricated tags) that surgeons can put on their sponges. Then, if the surgeons forget to remove a sponge from a patient, they'll be able to detect these special tags in an x-ray.

Detailed Summary: Surgical sponges can be accidentally left inside patient's bodies. We are working on special tags (called microfabricated tags) that surgeons can put on their sponges. Then, if the surgeons forget to remove a sponge from a patient, they'll be able to detect these special tags in an x-ray. We wish to take x-rays of healthy people's abdomens with microfabricated tags lying on them. The x-rays will help us improve our system for detecting sponges left inside people's bodies.
Sponsor: University of Michigan

Current Primary Outcome: Validate the CAD (computer aided detection) system [ Time Frame: 3 years ]

X-rays of the microfabricated tag will be taken. These x-rays will be reviewed and the individual tags identified manually and a control file created. The images will then be processed by the CAD (computer aided detection)system and the output will be compared to the control file.


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

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Information By: University of Michigan

Dates:
Date Received: November 11, 2013
Date Started: July 2013
Date Completion:
Last Updated: February 26, 2016
Last Verified: February 2016