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Lung ventilation functional monitoring based on electrical impedance tomography

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Medically, electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a relatively inexpensive, safe, non-invasive and portable technique compared with computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In this paper, EIT_TJU_II system is developed including both the data collection system and image reconstruction algorithm. The testing approach of the system performance, including spatial resolution and sensitivity, is described through brine tank experiments. The images of the thorax physical model verify that the system can reconstruct the interior resistivity distribution. Finally, the lung ventilation functional monitoring in vivo is realized by EIT, and the visualized images indicate that the configuration and performance of EIT_TJU_II system are feasible and EIT is a promising technique in clinical monitoring application.

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  1. School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Xiaoyan Chen  (陈晓艳), Huaxiang Wang  (王化祥), Bo Zhao  (赵 波) & Xiaolei Shi  (石小累)

  2. School of Electrical Information and Automation, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300222, China

    Xiaoyan Chen  (陈晓艳)

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Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.60820106002, No.60532020) and Tianjin Natural Science Foundation (No.08JCYBJC03500).

CHEN Xiaoyan, born in 1973, female, doctorate student.

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Chen, X., Wang, H., Zhao, B. et al. Lung ventilation functional monitoring based on electrical impedance tomography. Trans. Tianjin Univ. 15, 7–12 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12209-009-0002-9

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