A DSP based multi-frequency 3D electrical impedance tomography system

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1594-1603

  Goharian, Mehran ^a   Soleimani, Manuchehr ^b   Jegatheesan, Aravinthan ^c   Chin, Kenrick ^a   Moran, Gerald R ^a,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrical impedance tomography; Hardware design; Multi frequency EIT

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; DEMODULATION; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; GAIN CONTROL; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MACHINE DESIGN; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PERMITTIVITY; REPAIR; RESTORATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TANKS (CONTAINERS); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL; CARDIFF; COMMON-MODE-REJECTION RATIO; DEMODULATION TECHNIQUES; DIGITAL SIGNALS; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ERROR LESS; FREQUENCY DIFFERENCES; HARDWARE DESIGN; MULTI-FREQUENCY; MULTI-FREQUENCY EIT; PERMITTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PHASE-SENSITIVE; RAW MEASUREMENTS; SIGNAL AVERAGING; SINUSOIDAL WAVEFORMS; SOFTWARE BASED; SYSTEM PERFORMANCES; THREE DIMENSIONS; TIME DIFFERENCES; WAVEFORM GENERATORS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

ARTICLE; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 49149113877     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-008-9537-5     Document Type: Article

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