Currently, one of the most pressing social problems in all industrially developed countries of the world is the development and implementation of new technologies to improve the quality of medical care, which is confirmed, in particular, by the priority directions of the Horizon 2020 program (ProgramEU “Horizon 2020 / H2020”) The use of modern information technologies can significantly improve the quality of functional diagnostics of various pathologies by providing the clinician with additional, extended information about the pathological process.
Despite the fact that in industrialized countries, according to statistics, only rhinosinusitis affects about 10% of the population, rhinology is one of the least endowed with evidence-based functional diagnostics of medical fields. This is manifested in the fact that, despite the capabilities of modern rhinomanometric equipment and the corresponding specialized software that allows determining and calculating aerodynamic performance with sufficiently high accuracy, there is no clear correlation between the subjective sensations of the patient and the characteristics of the nasal air flow.
The research problem is to increase the reliability of diagnosing nasal breathing disorders by analyzing the aerodynamic characteristics of the parietal air flow based on the manufacture and study of individual full-scale 3D models of the human upper respiratory tract.
The aim of the project is to coordinate international research to support the development of biomedical engineering in the direction of developing models and methods to increase the reliability of nasal breathing diagnostics through the introduction of rapid prototyping technology.
The project is based on the results of scientific and practical research of the project participants, which were obtained as a result of joint international programs: Program “Strategische Partnerschaften”, “Ostpartnerschaften” and Erasmus + Program KeyAction 1 – Mobility for learnersandstaff – Higher Education Studentand Staff Mobility during 2009- 2016
“Study of the theoretical and technical principles of human condition assessment, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation”, DR No. 0107U001541, “Study of theoretical and technical principles of diagnosis, assessment and correction of the medical and social condition of a person”, DR No. 0110U002532, “Theoretical foundations and concept of diagnosis and for the treatment of conditions threatening human life ”, DR No. 0117U002523, as well as in the framework of the agreement No. 360 / 08-11 of January 4, 2011 on scientific and technical cooperation with the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the Kharkov National Medical University on the theme“ Study and modeling of acute and chronic pathological processes ENT organs to increase the effectiveness of their treatment ”, DR No. 0116U004985.