Broadband quasi-differential multifrequency electrical impedance imaging system. 1996

P J Riu, and R Bragós, and J Rosell
Department d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.

Dynamic and multifrequency imaging methods have been demonstrated both theoretically and experimentally. Multifrequency methods are able to produce images of static structures inside the measured object. Data collection systems, however, are affected by errors due to their non-ideal frequency behaviour. If the frequencies used in the measurement were close enough, the system would behave in almost the same way. In this case, however, the impedance change displayed by biological tissues is small, so the situation is similar to dynamic imaging. We call this method the quasi-differential imaging method. We have designed and built an instrument able to apply signals from 1 kHz to 1 MHz, with frequency increments of 10 Hz. Patient interface circuits and demodulators were designed to display a flat response in the full frequency range of operation. Signals are digitized with 16 bit resolution and sent to the host computer using a high-speed serial interface. This allows a maximum measurement speed of about 8 images/s. All the system parts were full characterized out of the system and the results of these measurements are given as an indication of the limits of its use as a quasi-static imaging or quasi-differential imaging data collection system.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007091 Image Processing, Computer-Assisted A technique of inputting two-dimensional or three-dimensional images into a computer and then enhancing or analyzing the imagery into a form that is more useful to the human observer. Biomedical Image Processing,Computer-Assisted Image Processing,Digital Image Processing,Image Analysis, Computer-Assisted,Image Reconstruction,Medical Image Processing,Analysis, Computer-Assisted Image,Computer-Assisted Image Analysis,Computer Assisted Image Analysis,Computer Assisted Image Processing,Computer-Assisted Image Analyses,Image Analyses, Computer-Assisted,Image Analysis, Computer Assisted,Image Processing, Biomedical,Image Processing, Computer Assisted,Image Processing, Digital,Image Processing, Medical,Image Processings, Medical,Image Reconstructions,Medical Image Processings,Processing, Biomedical Image,Processing, Digital Image,Processing, Medical Image,Processings, Digital Image,Processings, Medical Image,Reconstruction, Image,Reconstructions, Image
D004566 Electrodes Electric conductors through which electric currents enter or leave a medium, whether it be an electrolytic solution, solid, molten mass, gas, or vacuum. Anode,Anode Materials,Cathode,Cathode Materials,Anode Material,Anodes,Cathode Material,Cathodes,Electrode,Material, Anode,Material, Cathode
D004582 Electronics, Medical The research and development of ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES for such medical applications as diagnosis, therapy, research, anesthesia control, cardiac control, and surgery. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed) Medical Electronics
D004867 Equipment Design Methods and patterns of fabricating machines and related hardware. Design, Equipment,Device Design,Medical Device Design,Design, Medical Device,Designs, Medical Device,Device Design, Medical,Device Designs, Medical,Medical Device Designs,Design, Device,Designs, Device,Designs, Equipment,Device Designs,Equipment Designs
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014054 Tomography Imaging methods that result in sharp images of objects located on a chosen plane and blurred images located above or below the plane. Tomographies
D017097 Electric Impedance The resistance to the flow of either alternating or direct electrical current. Bioelectrical Impedance,Electric Resistance,Impedance,Ohmic Resistance,Biolectric Impedance,Electrical Impedance,Electrical Resistance,Impedance, Bioelectrical,Impedance, Biolectric,Impedance, Electric,Impedance, Electrical,Ohmic Resistances,Resistance, Electric,Resistance, Electrical,Resistance, Ohmic,Resistances, Ohmic

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