Single-step 3-D image reconstruction in magnetic induction tomography: Theoretical limits of spatial resolution and contrast to noise ratio

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1786-1798

  Scharfetter, Hermann ^a   Hollaus, Karl ^a   Rosell Ferrer, Javier ^b   Merwa, Robert ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conductivity imaging; Inverse problem; Magnetic induction tomography; Passive electrical properties; Regularization

Indexed keywords

INDUCTION HEATING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TOMOGRAPHY; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

CONDUCTIVITY IMAGING; INVERSE PROBLEM; MAGNETIC INDUCTION TOMOGRAPHY; PASSIVE ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; REGULARIZATION;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750682689     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-006-9177-6     Document Type: Article

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