Feasibility of neonatal lung imaging using electrical impedance tomography

Early Human Development

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-138

  Taktak, A ^a   Spencer, A ^a   Record, P ^a   Gadd, R ^a   Rolfe, P ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical impedance tomography; Neonatal lung imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMPEDANCE; LUNG; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030047395     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-3782(95)01700-3     Document Type: Article

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