Steps towards 3D Electrical Impedance Tomography

Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) is a promising imaging technique to visualize the dynamics of regional lung ventilation. 2D EIT has shown promise in monitoring ventilation therapy, with the drawback of only displaying a single horizontal slice of the lungs. Until now there are no generally accepted approaches available to generate meaningful 3D images in real-time. This paper describes general problems and first attempts to overcome those that may extend to a hierarchical scheme for 3D EIT imaging.

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