Effect of skin impedance on image quality and variability in electrical impedance tomography: A model study

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 351-354

  Boone, K G ^a,f,g   Holder, D S ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical impedance tomography; Impedance; Skin

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; CURRENT INJECTION CIRCUIT; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; SKIN IMPEDANCE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SKIN; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ERROR; IMAGE QUALITY; IMPEDANCE; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030250427     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02520003     Document Type: Article

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