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Science articlesThe opportunities of optical coherence tomography in the diagnosis of secretory otitis media
A. A. Novozhilov (1), (2), P. A. Shilyagin (2), T. E. Abubakirov (1), (2), Yu. A. Khasyanova (1), A. V. Shakhov (1), (2), (3), V. M. Gelikonov (2)
(1) Federal State-Financed Health Institution Volga District Medical Center of the Federal Medico-Biological Agency of the Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
(2) Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution The Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
(3) Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Vocational Education Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2018-2-66-71
ABSTRACT
The article describes the method of in-life noninvasive examination of the middle ear structures in the normal condition and in the patients with secretory otitis media – optical coherence tomography (OCT). The authors present the opportunities of OCT in the identification of pathological exudate in the tympanic cavity and suggest the use of OCT in various measurement modes to improve the quality and informativity of the image. The article establishes the possibility of assessment of physical properties of the middle ear exudate (viscosity) based on the comparison of optical properties of the exudate and the reference fluid.
Publication date:
02.04.2018
Keywords:
secretory otitis media, optical coherence tomography, noninvasive diagnostics, exudate viscosity. For citation:
Novozhilov A. A., Shilyagin P. A., Abubakirov T. E., Khasyanova Yu. A., Shakhov A. V., Gelikonov V. M. The opportunities of optical coherence tomography in the diagnosis of secretory otitis media. Rossiiskaya otorinolaringologiya. 2018;2:66–71. https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2018-2-66-71