Fig. 1

Gastric antral cross-sectional area measurements. Left(a) empty stomach: gestational age at birth: 26.6 weeks, number of days since birth at the time of image acquisition: 24 days. weight: 1161 g. and RLD-CSA: 0.37 cm2. Middle(b) 0.7 ml drained: gestational age at birth: 31.1 weeks, number of days since birth at the time of image acquisition: 17 days, weight: 1760 g. and RLD-CSA: 0.58 cm2. Right(c) 3.5 ml drained: gestational age at birth: 29 weeks, number of days since birth at the time of image acquisition: 31 days, weight: 1980 g, and RLD-CSA: 1.03 cm2. CSA, cross-sectional area; RLD, right lateral decubitus.