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  • Title: Comparison of applied and induced current electrical impedance tomography.
    Author: Tanguay LF, Gagnon H, Guardo R.
    Journal: IEEE Trans Biomed Eng; 2007 Sep; 54(9):1643-9. PubMed ID: 17867356.
    Abstract:
    Several papers on induced current electrical impedance tomography (IC-EIT) have dwelt on potential advantages of this technique over conventional EIT which uses applied current (AC-EIT). Experimental evidence that IC-EIT could surpass AC-EIT in similar imaging conditions is lacking. In this paper, we describe a system that can switch rapidly between both AC-EIT and IC-EIT. The system makes it possible to image objects in a saline-filled tank, providing data acquired in identical test conditions for comparing the performance of the two modes. The system uses eight circular coils and 16 electrodes to acquire 120 linearly independent measurements in IC-EIT and 104 in AC-EIT. Difference images were reconstructed from data acquired with both modes using the maximum a posteriori method. Spatial resolution was lower in IC-EIT images than in AC-EIT, especially in the radial direction. IC-EIT also exhibits a bias toward the center for positioning a conductivity perturbation. These results were obtained for a typical coil configuration widely used in the literature and may not be representative of alternate coil configurations. The system described in this paper provides stable experimental conditions for comparing the performance of the two EIT imaging modes and would be a valuable tool for validating new coil configurations.
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