3D-CT Evaluation of Swallowing: Metrics of the Swallowing Response Using Swallowing CT

Yoko Inamoto; Marlís González-Fernández; Eiichi Saitoh

doi:10.1007/s00455-021-10288-2

3D-CT Evaluation of Swallowing: Metrics of the Swallowing Response Using Swallowing CT

Dysphagia. 2022 Apr;37(2):237-249. doi: 10.1007/s00455-021-10288-2. Epub 2021 Apr 5.

Authors

Yoko Inamoto^{1

2}, Marlís González-Fernández³, Eiichi Saitoh⁴

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Rehabilitation, School of Health Sciences, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan. inamoto@fujita-hu.ac.jjp.
² Department of Rehabilitation Medicine I, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan. inamoto@fujita-hu.ac.jjp.
³ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁴ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine I, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.

Abstract

Videofluoroscopy and videoendoscopy dramatically changed the evaluation and management of swallowing disorders. Later advancements in techniques for the instrumental evaluation of swallowing were limited by technique and positioning. The advent of 320-row area detector CT solved previous challenges and allowed for the study of swallowing physiology and dysphagia in greater detail. In this summary, we describe the history and evolution of CT technology and describe research and clinical applications for the evaluation of swallowing physiology and pathophysiology.

Keywords: Computed tomography; Deglutition; Deglutition disorders; Evaluation; Larynx; Pathophysiology; Pharynx; Physiology; Rehabilitation; Swallowing; Upper esophageal sphincter.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Benchmarking
Deglutition Disorders* / diagnostic imaging
Deglutition* / physiology
Humans
Pharynx
Tomography, X-Ray Computed