AIT Angewandte Informationstechnik Forschungsgesellschaft mbH

AIT Angewandte Informationstechnik Forschungsgesellschaft mbH

Rhinodiagnost

Morphological and functional precision diagnostics of the nose

Approximately 11% of the European population suffer from obstructed nasal breathing or chronic inflammation of the sinuses.

In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, more than 100,000 operations are performed on the nose or paranasal sinuses every year, as the impairment of quality of life for affected patients is similar to that of chronic lung diseases or diabetes. Conventional diagnostic procedures do not contain any information about a patient’s respiratory comfort, which is defined by fluid mechanics parameters.

To improve this situation, the implementation of a NOSE Service Centre (NSC) was prepared within the Rhinodiagnost project, which offers extended possibilities for functional diagnostics and provides a network of service points (National Relay).

Objectives of RHINODIAGNOST

  • To improve functional diagnostics in rhinology, the implementation of a NOSE Service Centre (NSC) is to be prepared, which will provide a network of service points (national relays).
  • Two different (in silico) CFD methods will be evaluated in terms of cost, efficiency and accuracy and optical investigations will be carried out in in-vivo nasal models and in-vitro analyses using 4PR.
  • The standardised 4-phase rhinomanometer (4PR) for assessing nasal breathing will be expanded, clinically tested and launched as a new version on the market.

In the project, AIT dealt with the application of machine learning for the rapid generation of 3D visualisations and professional 3D printing for the validation of flow results, among other things. The research results should open up new avenues in the diagnosis of ENT pathologies.

Funding programmeCOIN/IraSME
Time frame1.9.2017 – 31.12.2020
CoordinatorAIT Angewandte Informationstechnik Forschungsgesellschaft mbH (AT)
PartnersSutter Medizintechnik GmbH, Freiburg (DE)
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen (DE)
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (DE)
Med Contact GmbH, Salmendingen (DE)
Project websitehttps://rhinodiagnost.eu/
Publications* An effective simulation- and measurement-based workflow for enhanced diagnostics in rhinology. (DOI: 10.1007/s11517-021-02446-3)
* Clinical CFD Applications 2 (URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6716-2_10)
* Flipped Classroom – A Flexible Way of Teaching Technology Usage for Diagnostics in the Medical Subdomain ENT (URI: https://doaj.org/article/be74076de95d41f298abef508d006e7e)
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