METHOD OF CARRYING OUT TOMOSYNTHESIS OF LUMBAR PART IN SIDE PROJECTION IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY DISEASES OF SPINE AT PREOPERATIVE STAGE Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A61B6/03 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: method of the tomosynthesis of the lumbar part in the side projection in such patients at the preoperative stage includes obtaining images of the spine zone of interest in front and side projections. After obtaining the image in the front projection the width of the vertebra body is measured in mm and divided in two. Then 1/2 of the vertebra body width is subtracted from the standard height of the scanning zone in the side projection in an on the side position of the patient at 180 mm above the table, with obtaining the individual height of the scanning zone in the side projection. Then 1/2 of the vertebra body width in mm is added to the standard width of the scanning area of 80 mm, with obtaining the individual width of the scanning zone in the side projection. The calculated individual data of the width and height of the scanning zone are set on the tomograph working console and the image in the side projection is made.

EFFECT: method makes it possible to increase the accuracy of preoperative diagnostics in case of inflammatory diseases of the spine due to obtaining the images including the spinal column with the entire width of the vertebrae bodies without summation of tissues, individual selection of the width and height of scanning.

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