Model for the dielectric properties of human lung tissue against frequency and air content

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 695-702

  Nopp, P ^a,b,c   Harris, N D ^a   Zhao, T X ^a,c,d   Brown, B H ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MED EL GmbH   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical impedance tomography; Lung; Lung tissue; Respiration; Tissue modelling

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY (EIT);

TISSUE;

ADULT; AIR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREATHING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0031281343     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02510980     Document Type: Article

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