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Computing Volume Bounds of Inclusions by Eit Measurements

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The size estimates approach for Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) allows for estimating the size (area or volume) of an unknown inclusion in an electrical conductor by means of one pair of boundary measurements of voltage and current. In this paper we show by numerical simulations how to obtain such bounds for practical application of the method. The computations are carried out both in a 2-D and a 3-D setting.

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  1. Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy

    Giovanni Alessandrini & Edi Rosset

  2. Dipartimento di Strutture, Università della Calabria, Rende (CS), Italy

    Antonio Bilotta

  3. Dipartimento di Georisorse e Territorio, Università degli Studi di Udine, Udine, Italy

    Antonino Morassi

  4. Dipartimento di Architettura e Pianificazione, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Alghero, Italy

    Emilio Turco

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Alessandrini, G., Bilotta, A., Morassi, A. et al. Computing Volume Bounds of Inclusions by Eit Measurements. J Sci Comput 33, 293–312 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10915-007-9153-9

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