ISSN:
1741-0444
Keywords:
Electrical impedance tomography (EIT)
;
Electrical phantom
;
Impedance spectroscopy
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract The architecture of a novel phantom for electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is proposed. The design employs active elements, which include multiplying digital to analogue converters (MDAC), so that the impedance distribution in the phantom may be varied dynamically using computer control. The phantom is designed to assist in the validation of an EIT system under test. A number of published layouts for passive phantoms are analysed, and the requirements for an active element are specified for the most applicable of these. The use of active elements throughout a phantom imposes significant costs because of the need for each active element to operate independently. This proposal limits the cost and complexity by employing active elements in a restricted region of the phantom. Currently available technology, principally due to the limited analogue bandwidth of the MDAC, precludes the construction of a fully capable phantom from active elements. However, a design is specified that would enable its future development to cover the frequency range from 10kHz to 1 MHz.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02345007
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