A comparison of two EIT systems suitable for imaging impedance changes in epilepsy

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Fabrizi, L ^a   McEwan, A ^a   Oh, T ^a   Woo, E J ^b   Holder, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

EIT; Epilepsy; KHU Mk1; Tank experiment

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

CHANNEL PROTOCOLS; CONDUCTIVITY CHANGES; DETECTABILITY; EPILEPTIC FOCI; FUNCTIONAL IMAGES; KHU MK1; LOCALISATION; PERFORMANCE; TANK EXPERIMENTS; VOLTAGE CHANGE;

NEUROLOGY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 70149112750     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/30/6/S07     Document Type: Article

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