Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) in pulmonary measurement: A review of applications and research

Proceedings of the 5th IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, BioMED 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 221-230

  Panoutsos, George ^a   Mahfouf, Mahdi ^a   Brown, Brian H ^b   Mills, Gary H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT); Medical imaging; Pulmonary measurement

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; TOMOGRAPHY;

BEDSIDE MONITORING; CLINICAL ENGINEERINGS; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHIES; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY (EIT); INTENSIVE RESEARCHES; MEDICAL PHYSICS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PULMONARY FUNCTIONS; PULMONARY MEASUREMENT; SHEFFIELD;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 56149094348     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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