A parallel broadband real-time system for electrical impedance tomography

Physiol Meas. 1996 Nov:17 Suppl 4A:A1-6. doi: 10.1088/0967-3334/17/4a/002.

Abstract

This paper deals with the design, implementation and performance of TIE-4sys, an electrical impedance tomograph. This instrument is a parallel broad-band real-time system. It measures impedance using an array of 16 electrodes and reconstructs the images using a weighted back-projection technique. The objective of this development is to enable multifrequency EIT clinical studies to be undertaken. The system is capable of acquiring 25 frames/s and makes multifrequency cardiac-gated images. The frequency range is from 10 kHz to 250 kHz and the signal to noise ratio for the real component is better than 60 dB.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Electric Impedance*
  • Electrodes
  • Electronics, Medical / instrumentation
  • Equipment Design
  • Heart / physiology
  • Humans
  • Tomography / instrumentation*