A real-time volumetric visualization system for electrical impedance tomography

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-33

  Briggs, N M ^a   Avis, N J ^a   Kleinermann, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D EIT; Real time EIT; Volumetric visualization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAYS; VISUALIZATION;

3D ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRICAL IMPE DANCE TOMOGRAPHY (EIT); REAL- TIME; REAL-TIME ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM; TWO-DIMENSIONAL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) SYSTEMS; VISUALIZATION SYSTEM; VOLUMETRIC VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTER MONITORS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0033997888     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/21/1/304     Document Type: Article

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