Further investigation of a contactless patient-electrode interface of an Electrical Impedance Mammography system

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Huber, N ^a   Beqo N ^a   Adams, C ^a   Sze, G ^a   Tunstall, B ^a   Qiao, G ^a   Wang, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EARLY BREAST CANCER; ELECTRICAL IMPE DANCE TOMOGRAPHY (EIT); ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODE INTERFACE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; MAMMOGRAPHY SYSTEM; SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE;

EID: 77954678239     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/224/1/012166     Document Type: Conference Paper

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