Validation of a finite-element solution for electrical impedance tomography in an anisotropic medium

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Abascal, Juan Felipe P J ^a   Arridge, Simon R ^b   Lionheart, William R B ^c   Bayford, Richard H ^d   Holder, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Diffeomorphism; EIT; FEM

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; DIFFEOMORPHISMS; EIT; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; ELECTRICAL IMPE DANCE TOMOGRAPHY (EIT); FINITE ELEMENT SOLUTION; IMAGING METHOD; MEASURING BOUNDARIES; MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNIQUES; VOLUMETRIC IMAGES;

ANISOTROPY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34447108772     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/28/7/S10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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