Systematic errors of EIT systems determined by easily-scalable resistive phantoms

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Hahn, G ^a   Just, A ^a   Dittmar, J ^a   Hellige, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioimpedance; EIT system; Measurement error; Noise performance; Phantom

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

BIO-IMPEDANCE; CURRENT INJECTIONS; CURRENT-VOLTAGE; DRIVE PATTERNS; EIT SYSTEM; NOISE PERFORMANCE; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PHANTOMS; SIMPLE METHOD; SIMPLE++;

PHANTOMS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; IMPEDANCE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 45749107554     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/29/6/S14     Document Type: Article

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