Anatomically constrained electrical impedance tomography for three-dimensional anisotropic bodies

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 572-580

  Glidewell, Michael E ^a  

^a New Mexico State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical constraint; Electrical impedance tomography; Finite element method; Three dimensional anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROBLEM SOLVING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANATOMICAL CONSTRAINT; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ANISOTROPY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOG; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FORECASTING; HEART; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CELL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOGS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FORECASTING; HEART; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031240178     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.640746     Document Type: Article

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