A fast approach to determine excitation eigenfrequencies for TD-EIT and FD-EIT

Electrical impedance tomography can reconstruct the complex conductivity distribution by injecting a current or voltage at a specific frequency into the target domain. The complex conductivity spectroscopy of numerous biological tissues is frequency-dependent. A suitable excitation frequency is vital to high-quality imaging over a wide frequency range. This paper investigates the relationship between the parameters of the biological tissue impedance model and the impedance spectroscopy. A frequency selection method based on the impedance spectroscopy is proposed, in which the impedance spectroscopy on a specific electrode at the domain boundary to be measured is first scanned. In TD-EIT, the difference between the target’s impedance spectroscopy and the null field is calculated, and the frequency corresponding to its extreme value is used as the excitation signal for TD-EIT. The excitation frequency in FD-EIT is the frequency corresponding to the extreme point in the target impedance spectroscopy, and we have also used this method to image the interior of the maize ear. This study provides a quick and efficient method for determining the excitation frequency for EIT, allowing researchers to find the best excitation frequency for high-quality imaging during actual measurements.