Noninvasive imaging of head-brain conductivity profiles: Applications of magnetic resonance electrical impedance tomography

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 78-83

  Zhang, Xiaotong ^a,e   Yan, Dandan ^a   Zhu, Shanan ^a   He, Bin ^b,c,d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Biomedical Functional Imaging and Neuroengineering Laboratory

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d IEEE

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; RESONANCE; TOMOGRAPHY;

BRAIN IMAGING; BRAIN TISSUES; CLINICAL SETTINGS; CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE IMAGING; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; NON-INVASIVE IMAGING;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

ALGORITHM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN TISSUE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE;

EID: 52149096321     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2008.923953     Document Type: Review

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