METHOD OF DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT OF STRUCTURAL CHANGES OF PANCREATIC PARANCHYMA Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A61B8/13 A61B5/107 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to field of medicine. To perform dynamic assessment of structural changes of pancreatic (P) parenchyma comparison of successive indices of X-ray density in its different parts is carried out by means of multispiral computed tomography. Absolute X-ray density (AXRD) and the largest thickness in head, body and tail of pancreas are determined on the basis of obtained tomogram. Specific density of each part of pancreas in dynamics is calculated by formula: SD_1,2…n=AXRD/thickness of examined part of pancreas (mm), where SD1 is initial value of specific density of each part of pancreas, SD₂…_n are values of specific density of each part of pancreas in dynamics. Induration index (II) of each part of pancreas in dynamics is calculated by formula: II= SD_2…n/SD_1, the value of which is used to assess structural changes of pancreatic parenchyma.

EFFECT: increased accuracy and self-descriptiveness of dynamic assessment of course of inflammatory process in pancreatic parenchyma due to taking into account structural and morphological shifts in pancreatic tissue with application of dynamic computed tomography monitoring.

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