Eine Dämpfungsmethode ermöglicht eine exaktere sonographische Untersuchung von Zungenbewegungen

Abstract

If the home-made cushioning appliance presented here is placed during ultrasonic examinations between the submental region and the probe head, then the problems caused by probe head movement and pressure on the submental region, as have been encountered in the past, can be solved. The use of such a cushioning appliance makes possible a more accurate B-mode ultrasonic evaluation of tongue function. The prevailing method and the cushioning method presented here were studied on 50 test patients. Comparison of the 2 methods revealed that in fact the use of the cushioning method prevented movement in the ultrasonic probe and also its use hardly impaired the patient's ability to swallow. We therefore recommend that this cushioning method be routinely applied during ultrasonic examinations of tongue function.

Investigation of Tongue Movements during Swallowing with M-Mode Ultrasonography

“…The sonographic recording of tongue movements during swallowing in a defined sagittal plane was clearly improved by the fact that the ultrasound transducer can be reproducibly fixed by the addition of a cushion-scanning mechanism (CST -cushion scanning technique) to the system [18,22].…”

“…Die sonographische Aufzeichnung von Zungenbewegungen beim Schlucken in einer definierten sagittalen Ebene wurde dadurch deutlich verbessert, dass der Schallkopf reproduzierbar fixiert und das gesamte System mit einem Dämpfungsmechanismus (CST -cushion scanning technique) versehen wurde [18,22].…”