Electrical impedance tomography: Potentials and pitfalls

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-41

  Lundin, Stefan ^a   Stenqvist, Ola ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

electrical impedance tomography; imaging; lungs; regional ventilation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; TIDAL VOLUME; UNCERTAINTY;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; PULMONARY VENTILATION; TIDAL VOLUME; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84855815763     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32834eb462     Document Type: Review

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