Title :
Electrical impedance tomography vs whole thoracic impedance for monitoring lung fluid content in congestive heart failure patients
Author :
Arad, M. ; Abboud, Shimon
Author_Institution :
Sheba Med. Center, Tel Hasomer, Israel
Abstract :
Detection of pulmonary edema is possible with the bio-impedance technique. In the present study two approaches, the whole-thoracic impedance and the Electrical Impedance Tomography, for monitoring pulmonary congestion level were compared. A good correlation ratio of R=0.75 (p-value<;0.01) was found between the two data sets. The results suggest that the EIT method with 8 electrodes has the potential to be used for monitoring patients with congestive heart failure.
Keywords :
biomedical electrodes; cardiology; electric impedance imaging; lung; medical disorders; medical signal detection; patient monitoring; EIT method; bioimpedance technique; congestive heart failure patients; correlation ratio; electrical impedance tomography; electrodes; lung fluid content monitoring; patient monitoring; pulmonary congestion level monitoring; pulmonary edema detection; whole thoracic impedance; Abstracts; Biomedical monitoring; Fluids; Impedance; Monitoring; Thorax;
Conference_Titel :
Computing in Cardiology Conference (CinC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Zaragoza
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0884-4
