Title :
A multifrequency constant current source suitable for Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT)
Author :
Bera, Tushar Kanti ; Jampana, Nagaraju
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Instrum. & Appl. Phys., Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India
Abstract :
Constant current source is essential in Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) for injecting a sinusoidal constant current to the phantom boundary. In medical EIT the multifrequency scanning is desired for studying the wide range of tissue conductivity among different type of subjects. A multifrequency constant current source is developed for medical EIT and the boundary data of a practical phantom is studied. A sinusoidal constant current is injected to the phantom boundary at different frequency levels and the boundary potentials are measured. Results show that the developed current source efficiently generate constant current with minimal amount of noise at different frequency levels. Boundary data are successfully generated at four different frequencies and found suitable for image reconstruction study in multifrequecy EIT.
Keywords :
bioelectric potentials; electric impedance imaging; electrical conductivity; image reconstruction; medical image processing; phantoms; tomography; boundary potentials; electrical impedance tomography; image reconstruction; multifrequency constant current source; multifrequency scanning; phantom; tissue conductivity; Conductivity; Electric potential; Electrodes; Impedance; Phantoms; Tomography; Voltage-controlled oscillators; Constant current source; boundary data; electrical impedance tomography; image reconstruction; multifrequency; practical phantom;
Conference_Titel :
Systems in Medicine and Biology (ICSMB), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kharagpur
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-039-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMB.2010.5735387