DIAGNOSTIC VIDEO MICROSCOPE FOR ESTIMATING THE STATE OF MICROCIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD USING COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES

A method for diagnosing and monitoring the blood microcirculation state has been developed, including the use of the specially developed and registered for clinical use of the device OKO Capillaroscope for non-invasive non-contact video recording under a large increase in blood flow in the microvessels of the bulbar conjunctiva of the human eye using special software that allows: to measure the speed of red blood cells in individual arterioles, venules and in the main preferred channels; to fix in the microvessels the possible presence of sludge syndrome, stasis of the erythrocyte movement; to evaluate the number and shape of capillaries, the presence of arteriolar-venular anastomoses, the identity of blood flow in the microvessels of the conjunctiva in the right and left eyes; measure arteriole diameters and venules. The method is aimed at a clinical study of the parameters of the microcirculation of the conjunctiva at rest, which allows extrapolating the recorded parameters of the intravascular (rheological) part of the microcirculation system to the state of the microhemodynamics of the whole organism, which reflects the state of general homeostasis. The method can be applied to control and monitor the general condition of a person or patient in any research in experimental, sports or therapeutic purposes, since the determined digital parameters of microcirculation allow to assess the general condition of a person, the response to physical activity and predict the development of any general or local degenerative changes in the patient’s body.