Thermographic analysis of postoperative changes in the nasal breathing efficiency in infants and young children with unilateral cleft lip

Nowadays, cheilorhinoseptoplasty is one of the most efficient methods of cleft lip primary surgical treatment eliminating both functional and esthetic issues. In this work, we have proposed, developed, and experimentally tested a new thermography-based algorithm for studying the efficiency and symmetry of nasal breathing prior to and after the surgery. To investigate and analyze the external respiration function of an infant with unilateral...