DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE FOR RADIOPAQUE FOREIGN BODIES IN SOFT TISSUES OF HUMAN Russian patent published in 2016 - IPC A61B6/12 A61B8/08 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, namely to surgery and traumatology, and can be used for non-invasive diagnostic of radiopaque foreign bodies in soft tissues of human being. At first stage of examination ultrasound examination of problem area is performed. At second stage after selection of modelling size and hard non-invasive fixation of copper mesh to skin with adhesive patch in projection of foreign body localisation X-ray examination in one non-standard projection is made. Screen of copper wire with section 0.5 mm is used. Size of cells is 1×1 cm, right lower corner cell has dimensions of 1×2 cm. At third stage contours of copper mesh limits and abnormal cell of 1×2 cm are applied to skin with marker. Shadow of cell containing shadow of foreign body is found at X-ray image. On basis of obtained data specified square of mesh, attached to skin, is determined, within which accurate projection of foreign body is applied to skin with marker.

EFFECT: method enables high-accuracy determination of localisation of radiopaque foreign body in soft tissues.

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