Electrical conductivity imaging via contactless measurements

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 617-627

  Gencer N G ^a   Tek, M N ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Finite element method (fem); Magnetic induction; Medical imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTACTLESS MEASUREMENTS; SINGULAR VALVE DECOMPOSITION; TRUNCATED PSEUDOINVERSE; VOXEL PERTURBATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INDUCED CURRENTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMPEDANCE; METHODOLOGY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 0033153751     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.790461     Document Type: Article

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