A versatile high-permittivity phantom for EIT

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2601-2607

  Kao, Tzu Jen ^a   Saulnier, Gary J ^a   Isaacson, David ^a   Szabo, Tomas L ^b   Newell, Jonathan C ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical impedance tomography (EIT); Graphite powder; High permittivity phantom; Porous polymer

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; CHARACTERISTIC FREQUENCIES; DUAL MODES; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE IMAGING; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHIES; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY (EIT); ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; GRAPHITE POWDER; HIGH-PERMITTIVITY PHANTOM; LAYERED STRUCTURES; PHANTOM MATERIALS; PHANTOM MEDIAS; POROUS POLYMER; POROUS POLYMERS; REACTIVE COMPONENTS; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; SEMI SOLIDS; THIN LAYERS; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

ABS RESINS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; CARBON; COLLOIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GELATION; GELS; GRAPHITE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PERMITTIVITY; POLYMERS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SKIN; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

AGAR; GRAPHITE; POLYMER;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEL; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PHANTOM; SIMULATION; ULTRASOUND;

AGAR; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; GELS; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYMERS; POROSITY; SULFONES; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 55749109385     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.2001287     Document Type: Article

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