An efficient forward solver in electrical impedance tomography by spectral element method

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1044-1051

  Lim, Kim Hwa ^b   Lee, Joon Ho ^b   Ye, Gang ^b   Liu, Qing Huo ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical impedance tomography (EIT); Finite element method (FEM); Forward solver; Spectral element method (SEM)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING POWER; CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTION; FORWARD SOLVER; SPECTRAL ELEMENT METHOD (SEM);

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33746898240     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2006.876143     Document Type: Article

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