METHOD OF ESTIMATING FUNNEL CHEST DEFORMATION Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A61B5/107 A61B17/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to field of medicine, namely to orthopaedics. Method consists in determination of a set of points on body surface. Jugular incisures, upper and lower edges of funnel, funnel bottom, xiphoid process, left and right edges of funnel, points on right and left mid-axillary lines at the level of funnel bottom, points on the line of spinous processes at the level of point of upper edge of funnel, spinous processes of C₇, Th₁₂ and L₅ vertebrae, right and left posterior spines of pelvis are marked with labels on body surface. After that three-dimensional coordinates of marked points are determined and registered by means of three-dimensional scanner. Then, linear, angular and volume parameters, relative values, which characterise chest deformation and spine, their interrelation in space are calculated by means of obtained coordinates.

EFFECT: application of claimed invention makes it possible to carry out estimation of pathology by determination of three-dimensional coordinates of a set of identification points on person's body surface.

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