Experimental acquisition system for impedance tomography with active electrode approach

An experimental system for impedance tomography has been constructed. The acquisition system uses 16 multifunctional active electrodes, each including a current source and a voltage buffer. Images of active and reactive parts of different target impedances in a phantom filled with liquid have been obtained. The system performance has been compared with those of other systems using either a mesh phantom or rods as point sources used for the determination of the modulation transfer function.

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