Detection and imaging of electric conductivity and permittivity at low frequency. 1991

L F Fuks, and M Cheney, and D Isaacson, and D G Gisser, and J C Newell
Department of Electrical Computer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180.

This paper is concerned with low frequency electrical impedance imaging, which is the process of constructing images of the electrical impedance of a body's interior based upon measurements of voltage and current made at the body's surface. The electrical impedance accounts for both resistivity and permittivity. This paper shows how permittivity can be exploited to improve the performance of an electrical impedance imaging system. We show that explicit use of the independent information in the data due to the permittivity will ehance a system's ability to distinguish objects in the interior of a body. In addition, we report the results of experiments performed using the Rensselaer ACT 2 system on a saline bath containing various objects. These objects include both living tissue and metal conductors with oxide layers. We demonstrate the system's ability to distinguish these objects, and we exhibit gray scale images of both their resistivity and permittivity distributions.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D003952 Diagnostic Imaging Any visual display of structural or functional patterns of organs or tissues for diagnostic evaluation. It includes measuring physiologic and metabolic responses to physical and chemical stimuli, as well as ultramicroscopy. Imaging, Diagnostic,Imaging, Medical,Medical Imaging
D004553 Electric Conductivity The ability of a substrate to allow the passage of ELECTRONS. Electrical Conductivity,Conductivity, Electric,Conductivity, Electrical
D004568 Electrodiagnosis Diagnosis of disease states by recording the spontaneous electrical activity of tissues or organs or by the response to stimulation of electrically excitable tissue. Electrodiagnoses
D004594 Electrophysiology The study of the generation and behavior of electrical charges in living organisms particularly the nervous system and the effects of electricity on living organisms.

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