METHOD OF EXAMINING TONGUE AND ORAL CAVITY IN PATIENTS WITH CLEFT LIP AND PALATE BY DATA OF MULTISPIRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A61B6/03 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, X-ray diagnostics. Method includes calculation of volume and area of surface of tongue and oral cavity, estimation of functional mobility of tongue. For this purpose examination is performed by protocol of brain scanning in children of early age with minimal physical-technical characteristics, with cut thickness 0.5 mm. Examination includes scanning proper of patient's maxillofacial region consisting of three stages: native contrast-free scanning, scanning with phonation of "A" sound, scanning with phonation of "И" sound and post-processor processing of obtained data in soft-tissue mode in standard axial, sagittal and frontal planes, as well as in arbitrary planes. Standard programme of multispiral computed tomography is used to measure areas of surfaces and volumes.

EFFECT: method ensures accuracy and reliability of estimation of surface area and volume of tongue and oral cavity in said group of patients, acceleration of diagnostics with absence of invasiveness, without application of additional means, maximal comfort for patient with their minimal involvement.

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