A simple method to check the dynamic performance of electrical impedance tomography systems

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-60

  Hahn, G ^a   Beer, M ^a   Frerichs, I ^a   Dudykevych, T ^a   Schroder T ^a   Hellige, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

EIT; Impedance; Phantom

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY;

DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICAL IMPE DANCE TOMOGRAPHY (EIT); ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHIC; IMPEDANCE; PHANTOMS; SIMPLE METHOD; TEST CONCEPTS; TOMOGRAPHIC; TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM;

PHANTOMS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; IMPEDANCE; MEASUREMENT; NOISE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033995054     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/21/1/307     Document Type: Article

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