Measurement of Normal Caudate Nucleus Dimensions in Magnetic Resonance Images for Sudanese Populationand

Abstract

this descriptive study was conducted at ROYAL care specialized hospital and AL zaytouna specialized hospital between 3/9/2016 to 29/11/2016 the was conducted on one hundred patient( 50 males and 50 females) referred to radiology department for brain magnetic resonance imaging examination having no brain disorder that affect the caudate nucleus the study aimed to provide Sudanese index (dimension) for caudate nucleus ( head ,body , tail ) in normal population.

Because of the lack of studies for caudate nucleus measurements to determine the average range of caudate nucleus dimensions and measure the length and width of the caudate nucleus and compare between male and female caudate nucleus

The result noted that the mean for the length and width of the right and left head and body and tail of caudate nucleus for males and females. were Length in males of right head length of caudate nucleus (23.45±2.54), right body length of caudate nucleus (18.18±2.48), right tail length of caudate nucleus( 9.60 ±1.57),left head length of caudate nucleus (21.26±2.27), left body length of caudate nucleus (16.40±2.56) ,left tail length of caudate nucleus (8.34±1.91), Width in males right head with of caudate nucleus( 9.16±1.49), right body width of caudate nucleus (7.18±1.40), right tail width of caudate nucleus (4.31±1.1 ),left head width of caudate nucleus (8.44±1.40 ),left body width of caudate nucleus (6.58±1.28) ,left tail width of caudate nucleus( 3.82±1.18)

Length in females right head length of caudate nucleus( 22.61±1.99), right body length of caudate nucleus (17.23±22.12) , right tail length of caudate nucleus (9.05±1.75),left head length of caudate nucleus

III

(20.81±2.18), left body length of caudate nucleus (15.79±2.31),left tail length of caudate nucleus (7.84±1.75),Width in females right head width of caudate nucleus (8.90±1.28), right body width of caudate nucleus (7.10±1.43), right tail width of caudate nucleus (4.44±.78),left head width of caudate nucleus 8.48+/-1.35, left body width of caudate nucleus (6.55±1.32),left tail width of caudate nucleus( 3.80±.79 )In mm respectively

We concluded that According to the result the size of the caudate nucleus is higher in male than female except in left head width of caudate nucleus and right tail width of caudate nucleus was higher in females than in males

Further study in evaluation of caudate nucleus with larger sample of Sudanese population for more accurate results is needed