Magnetic resonance electrical impedance tomography (MREIT) for high-resolution conductivity imaging

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Woo, Eung Je ^a   Seo, Jin Keun ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Conductivity; EIT; Injection current; Magnetic flux density; MREIT; MRI

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MAGNETIC FLUX; RESONANCE; SCANNING;

CONDUCTIVITY; CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; CONDUCTIVITY IMAGE; CURRENT-VOLTAGE DATA; ELECTRICAL IMPE DANCE TOMOGRAPHY (EIT); HIGH RESOLUTION; IMPEDANCE IMAGING; INJECTION CURRENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHIES; TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; CONDUCTANCE; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 58149302549     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/29/10/R01     Document Type: Review

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