METHOD OF DIAGNOSING OBESITY Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC A61B8/08 A61B5/107 

FIELD: medicine; ultrasound diagnostics.

SUBSTANCE: invention can be used for ultrasound diagnostics of obesity. The method of diagnosing obesity is performed in 6 successive stages, with the patient placed in a lying position. At the first stage, epicardial fat tissue is examined. At the second stage, minimum thickness of subcutaneous fatty tissue and the maximum thickness of preparietal fatty tissue are examined. At the third stage subcutaneous fatty tissue at the navel level is examined. At the fourth stage, visceral abdominal tissue is measured. At the fifth stage, the liver is examined, and at the sixth stage, the perirenal and pararenal retroperitoneal visceral tissue is examined. After conducting a comprehensive ultrasound examination and assessing the nature of the distribution of adipose tissue and the structure of skeletal muscles in obesity, a conclusion is made either about the absence of both visceral and parietal obesity; or about visceral obesity; or about parietal obesity; or a mixed type, in which both visceral and parietal obesity are observed.

EFFECT: method provides an objective diagnosis of obesity and establishment of the exact localization of increased adipose tissue due to the peculiarities of the examination of the patient.

3 cl, 17 dwg, 4 ex