METHOD FOR PREDICTING PULMONARY ABSCESS Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: medicine, pulmonology. SUBSTANCE: one should carry out ultrasound thoracic scanning in patient's vertical position both in longitudinal and cross-sectional planes with sector pickup units at frequency of 3.5-5.0-7.5 MHz in the mode of gray scale and real time. Moreover, echostructure and abscess wall should be investigated in longitudinal and cross-sectional planes of scanning. Successively one should obtain ultrasound sections through its superior and inferior departments. One should conclude upon pulmonary abscess at availability of heterogeneous echostructure represented by multiple separate linear hyperechogenous echosignals followed by reverberations due to gaseous inclusions located predominantly in the superior departments of abscess cavity, and achosignals due to heterogeneous granulated suspension at achogenous background of liquid located predominantly in the inferior departments of abscess cavity, and, also, at availability of hypoechogenous abscess wall being homogeneous and steady by thickness. EFFECT: higher accuracy of diagnostics. 7 dwg