A new type of gradiometer for the receiving circuit of magnetic induction tomography (MIT)

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Scharfetter, Hermann ^a   Merwa, Robert ^a   Pilz, Karl ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Field compensation; Gradiometer; Inverse problem; Magnetic induction tomography; Sensitivity map

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SPHERES; TOMOGRAPHY;

EXCITATION COILS; EXCITATION FIELD; FIELD COMPENSATION; GRADIOMETER; INVERSE PROBLEM; MAGNETIC INDUCTION TOMOGRAPHY; PLANAR GRADIOMETERS; RECEIVER COIL; SENSITIVITY MAP; ZERO FLOW;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

METAL; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INDUCTION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIMULATION; TOMOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMPEDANCE; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSDUCER; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 23044452479     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 09673334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/26/2/028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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