Factorization method and its physical justification in frequency-difference electrical impedance tomography

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1918-1926

  Harrach, Bastian ^a   Seo, Jin Keun ^b   Woo, Eung Je ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anomaly detection; complex conductivity; electrical impedance tomography (EIT); factorization method; weighted frequency difference

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY DETECTION; COMPLEX CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY (EIT); FACTORIZATION METHOD; FREQUENCY DIFFERENCES;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; FACTORIZATION; TUMORS;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78149265557     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2010.2053553     Document Type: Article

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