Application of conformal transformation to elliptic geometry for electric impedance tomography

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-153

  Yilmaz, Atila ^a   Akdoǧan, Kurtuluş E ^a   Saka, Birsen ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conformal transformation; Electrical impedance tomography (EIT); Elliptic geometry; Finite element method (FEM); Forward solution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MEDICAL IMAGING;

CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTION; CONFORMAL TRANSFORMATION; ELLIPTIC GEOMETRY; FORWARD SOLUTION;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 38149082510     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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