• DocumentCode
    2207739
  • Title

    Imaging of the head using induced current impedance tomography

  • Author

    Towers, C.M. ; Freeston, I.L. ; Tozer, R.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Sheffield Univ., UK
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    31 Oct-3 Nov 1996
  • Firstpage
    774
  • Abstract
    The use of induced current electrical impedance imaging to detect epileptic foci has been simulated. The simulation uses a three dimensional finite element model to determine the sensitivity required of the measuring system in order to detect an epileptic focus represented as a cube of side 10 mm with a 10% change of conductivity. It is shown that the system can image foci near the edge of the region, but is less successful near the centre
  • Keywords
    brain; electric impedance imaging; image reconstruction; medical image processing; mesh generation; conductivity change; epileptic foci; head imaging; induced current impedance tomography; measuring system sensitivity; modified backprojection algorithm; reconstruction algorithm; three dimensional finite element model; Brain modeling; Coils; Conductivity; Electrodes; Epilepsy; Finite element methods; Impedance; Magnetic heads; Skull; Tomography;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Amsterdam
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3811-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.1996.651970
  • Filename
    651970