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Development of an Anatomically Realistic Forward Solver for Thoracic Electrical Impedance Tomography
Joint Authors
Zhang, Jie
Patterson, Robert
Yang, Fei
Source
Journal of Medical Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-03-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) has the potential to provide a low cost and safe imaging modality for clinically monitoring patients being treated with mechanical ventilation.
Variations in reconstruction algorithms at different clinical settings, however, make interpretation of regional ventilation across institutions difficult, presenting the need for a unified algorithm for thoracic EIT reconstruction.
Development of such a consensual reconstruction algorithm necessitates a forward model capable of predicting surface impedance measurements as well as electric fields in the interior of the modeled thoracic volume.
In this paper, we present an anatomically realistic forward solver for thoracic EIT that was built based on high resolution MR image data of a representative adult.
Accuracy assessment of the developed forward solver in predicting surface impedance measurements by comparing the predicted and observed impedance measurements shows that the relative error is within the order of 5%, demonstrating the ability of the presented forward solver in generating high-fidelity surface thoracic impedance data for thoracic EIT algorithm development and evaluation.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yang, Fei& Zhang, Jie& Patterson, Robert. 2013. Development of an Anatomically Realistic Forward Solver for Thoracic Electrical Impedance Tomography. Journal of Medical Engineering،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-513535
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yang, Fei…[et al.]. Development of an Anatomically Realistic Forward Solver for Thoracic Electrical Impedance Tomography. Journal of Medical Engineering No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-513535
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yang, Fei& Zhang, Jie& Patterson, Robert. Development of an Anatomically Realistic Forward Solver for Thoracic Electrical Impedance Tomography. Journal of Medical Engineering. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-513535
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-513535