The design of an ERT system for 3D data acquisition and a quantitative evaluation of its performance

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2088-2096

  Wilkinson, A J ^a   Randall, E W ^a   Long, T M ^a   Collins, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

3D; Current pulse; Electrical resistance tomography; ERT; Multiplexing; Noise; Resolution

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRODES; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; TOMOGRAPHY;

CURRENT PULSE; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY (ERT); HIGH-SPEED CAPTURE SYSTEMS; MULTIPLEXER MODULES;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33746298345     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/17/8/006     Document Type: Article

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