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Ma J, Guo J, Li Y, Wang Z, Dong Y, Ma J, Zhu Y, Wu G, Yi L, Shi X. Exploratory study of a multifrequency EIT-based method for detecting intracranial abnormalities. Front Neurol 2023; 14:1210991. [PMID: 37638201 PMCID: PMC10457004 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1210991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023] Open
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Objective The purpose of this paper is to compare the differences in the features of multifrequency electrical impedance tomography (MFEIT) images of human heads between healthy subjects and patients with brain diseases and to explore the possibility of applying MFEIT to intracranial abnormality detection. Methods Sixteen healthy volunteers and 8 patients with brain diseases were recruited as subjects, and the cerebral MFEIT data of 9 frequencies in the range of 21 kHz - 100 kHz of all subjects were acquired with an MFEIT system. MFEIT image sequences were obtained according to certain imaging algorithms, and the area ratio of the ROI (AR_ROI) and the mean value of the reconstructed resistivity change of the ROI (MVRRC_ROI) on both the left and right sides of these images were extracted. The geometric asymmetry index (GAI) and intensity asymmetry index (IAI) were further proposed to characterize the symmetry of MFEIT images based on the extracted indices and to statistically compare and analyze the differences between the two groups of subjects on MFEIT images. Results There were no significant differences in either the AR_ROI or the MVRRC_ROI between the two sides of the brains of healthy volunteers (p > 0.05); some of the MFEIT images mainly in the range of 30 kHz - 60 kHz of patients with brain diseases showed stronger resistivity distributions (larger area or stronger signal) that were approximately symmetric with the location of the lesions. However, statistical analysis showed that the AR_ROI and the MVRRC_ROI on the healthy sides of MFEIT images of patients with unilateral brain disease were not significantly different from those on the affected side (p > 0.05). The GAI and IAI were higher in all patients with brain diseases than in healthy volunteers except for 80 kHz (p < 0.05). Conclusion There were significant differences in the geometric symmetry and the signal intensity symmetry of the reconstructed targets in the MFEIT images between healthy volunteers and patients with brain diseases, and the above findings provide a reference for the rapid detection of intracranial abnormalities using MFEIT images and may provide a basis for further exploration of MFEIT for the detection of brain diseases.
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- Jieshi Ma
- Department of Medical Engineering, Army Medical Center of PLA, Chongqing, China
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- Institute of Medical Research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Medical Engineering, Army Medical Center of PLA, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Army Medical Center of PLA, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Army Medical Center of PLA, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Army Medical Center of PLA, Chongqing, China
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- Hangzhou Utron Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China
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- Hangzhou Utron Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Army Medical Center of PLA, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Medical Electronic Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Air Force Medical University of PLA, Xi'an, China
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Ouypornkochagorn T, Polydorides N, McCann H. Towards continuous EIT monitoring for hemorrhagic stroke patients. Front Physiol 2023; 14:1157371. [PMID: 37089433 PMCID: PMC10115159 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1157371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023] Open
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The practical implementation of continuous monitoring of stroke patients by Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) is addressed. In a previous paper, we have demonstrated EIT sensitivity to cerebral hemodynamics, using scalp-mounted electrodes, very low-noise measurements, and a novel image reconstruction method. In the present paper, we investigate the potential to adapt that system for clinical application, by using 50% fewer electrodes and by incorporating into the measurement protocol an additional high-frequency measurement to provide an effective reference. Previously published image reconstruction methods for multi-frequency EIT are substantially improved by exploiting the forward calculations enabled by the detailed head model, particularly to make the referencing method more robust and to attempt to remove the effects of modelling error. Images are presented from simulation of a typical hemorrhagic stroke and its growth. These results are encouraging for exploration of the potential clinical benefit of the methodology in long-term monitoring of hemorrhagic stroke.
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- School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- *Correspondence: Hugh McCann,
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Pennati F, Angelucci A, Morelli L, Bardini S, Barzanti E, Cavallini F, Conelli A, Di Federico G, Paganelli C, Aliverti A. Electrical Impedance Tomography: From the Traditional Design to the Novel Frontier of Wearables. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 23:1182. [PMID: 36772222 PMCID: PMC9921522 DOI: 10.3390/s23031182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a medical imaging technique based on the injection of a current or voltage pattern through electrodes on the skin of the patient, and on the reconstruction of the internal conductivity distribution from the voltages collected by the electrodes. Compared to other imaging techniques, EIT shows significant advantages: it does not use ionizing radiation, is non-invasive and is characterized by high temporal resolution. Moreover, its low cost and high portability make it suitable for real-time, bedside monitoring. However, EIT is also characterized by some technical limitations that cause poor spatial resolution. The possibility to design wearable devices based on EIT has recently given a boost to this technology. In this paper we reviewed EIT physical principles, hardware design and major clinical applications, from the classical to a wearable setup. A wireless and wearable EIT system seems a promising frontier of this technology, as it can both facilitate making clinical measurements and open novel scenarios to EIT systems, such as home monitoring.
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Bronk TS, Everitt AC, Murphy EK, Halter RJ. Novel Electrode Placement in Electrical Bioimpedance-Based Stroke Detection: Effects on Current Penetration and Injury Characterization in a Finite Element Model. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2021; 69:1745-1757. [PMID: 34813463 PMCID: PMC9172913 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2021.3129734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Reducing time-to-treatment and providing acute management in stroke are essential for patient recovery. Electrical bioimpedance (EBI) is an inexpensive and non-invasive tissue measurement approach that has the potential to provide novel continuous intracranial monitoring-something not possible in current standard-of-care. While extensive previous work has evaluated the feasibility of EBI in diagnosing stroke, high-impedance anatomical features in the head have limited clinical translation. METHODS The present study introduces novel electrode placements near highly-conductive cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) pathways to enhance electrical current penetration through the skull and increase detection accuracy of neurologic damage. Simulations were conducted on a realistic finite element model (FEM). Novel electrode placements at the tear ducts, soft palate and base of neck were evaluated. Classification accuracy was assessed in the presence of signal noise, patient variability, and electrode positioning. RESULTS Algorithms were developed to successfully determine stroke etiology, location, and size relative to impedance measurements from a baseline scan. Novel electrode placements significantly increased stroke classification accuracy at various levels of signal noise (e.g. p < 0.001 at 40 dB). Novel electrodes also amplified current penetration, with up to 30% increase in current density and 57% increased sensitivity in central intracranial regions (p<0.001). CONCLUSION These findings support the use of novel electrode placements in EBI to overcome prior limitations, indicating a potential approach to increasing the technology's clinical utility in stroke identification. SIGNIFICANCE A non-invasive EBI monitor for stroke could provide essential timely intervention and care of stroke patients.
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Paldanius A, Dekdouk B, Toivanen J, Kolehmainen V, Hyttinen J. Sensitivity Analysis Highlights the Importance of Accurate Head Models for Electrical Impedance Tomography Monitoring of Intracerebral Hemorrhagic Stroke. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2021; 69:1491-1501. [PMID: 34665718 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2021.3120929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) has been proposed as a novel tool for diagnosing stroke. However, so far, the clinical feasibility is unresolved. In this study, we aim to investigate the need for accurate head modeling in EIT and how the inhomogeneities of the head contribute to the EIT measurement and affect its feasibility in monitoring the progression of a hemorrhagic stroke. METHODS We compared anatomically detailed six- and three-layer finite element models of a human head and computed the resulting scalp electrode potentials and the lead fields of selected electrode configurations. We visualized the resulting EIT measurement sensitivity distributions, computed the scalp electrode potentials, and examined the inverse imaging with selected cases. The effect of accurate tissue geometry and conductivity values on the EIT measurement is assessed with multiple different hemorrhagic perturbation locations and sizes. RESULTS Our results show that accurate tissue geometries and conductivity values inside the cranial cavity, especially the highly conductive cerebral spinal fluid, significantly affect EIT measurement sensitivity distribution and measured potentials. CONCLUSIONS We can conclude that the three-layer head models commonly used in EIT literature cannot depict the current paths correctly in the head. Thus, our study highlights the need to consider the detailed geometry of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in EIT. SIGNIFICANCE The results clearly show that the CSF should be considered in the head EIT calculations.
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Bai X, Liu D, Wei J, Bai X, Sun S, Tian W. Simultaneous Imaging of Bio- and Non-Conductive Targets by Combining Frequency and Time Difference Imaging Methods in Electrical Impedance Tomography. BIOSENSORS 2021; 11:bios11060176. [PMID: 34072777 PMCID: PMC8226516 DOI: 10.3390/bios11060176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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As a promising medical imaging modality, electrical impedance tomography (EIT) can image the electrical properties within a region of interest using electrical measurements applied at electrodes on the region boundary. This paper proposes to combine frequency and time difference imaging methods in EIT to simultaneously image bio- and non-conductive targets, where the image fusion is accomplished by applying a wavelet-based technique. To enable image fusion, both time and frequency difference imaging methods are investigated regarding the reconstruction of bio- or non-conductive inclusions in the target region at varied excitation frequencies, indicating that none of those two methods can tackle with the scenarios where both bio- and non-conductive inclusions exist. This dilemma can be resolved by fusing the time difference (td) and appropriate frequency difference (fd) EIT images since they are complementary to each other. Through simulation and in vitro experiment, it is demonstrated that the proposed fusion method can reasonably reconstruct both the bio- and non-conductive inclusions within the lung models established to simulate the ventilation process, which is expected to be beneficial for the diagnosis of lung-tissue related diseases by EIT.
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- Xue Bai
- School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China; (X.B.); (J.W.); (X.B.); (S.S.)
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-Based Precision Medicine, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China; (X.B.); (J.W.); (X.B.); (S.S.)
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- School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China; (X.B.); (J.W.); (X.B.); (S.S.)
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- School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China; (X.B.); (J.W.); (X.B.); (S.S.)
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-Based Precision Medicine, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China;
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Xiang J, Dong Y, Yang Y. Multi-Frequency Electromagnetic Tomography for Acute Stroke Detection Using Frequency-Constrained Sparse Bayesian Learning. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2020; 39:4102-4112. [PMID: 32746151 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2020.3013100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Imaging the bio-impedance distribution of the brain can provide initial diagnosis of acute stroke. This paper presents a compact and non-radiative tomographic modality, i.e. multi-frequency Electromagnetic Tomography (mfEMT), for the initial diagnosis of acute stroke. The mfEMT system consists of 12 channels of gradiometer coils with adjustable sensitivity and excitation frequency. To solve the image reconstruction problem of mfEMT, we propose an enhanced Frequency-Constrained Sparse Bayesian Learning (FC-SBL) to simultaneously reconstruct the conductivity distribution at all frequencies. Based on the Multiple Measurement Vector (MMV) model in the Sparse Bayesian Learning (SBL) framework, FC-SBL can recover the underlying distribution pattern of conductivity among multiple images by exploiting the frequency constraint information. A realistic 3D head model was established to simulate stroke detection scenarios, showing the capability of mfEMT to penetrate the highly resistive skull and improved image quality with FC-SBL. Both simulations and experiments showed that the proposed FC-SBL method is robust to noisy data for image reconstruction problems of mfEMT compared to the single measurement vector model, which is promising to detect acute strokes in the brain region with enhanced spatial resolution and in a baseline-free manner.
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Padilha Leitzke J, Zangl H. A Review on Electrical Impedance Tomography Spectroscopy. SENSORS 2020; 20:s20185160. [PMID: 32927685 PMCID: PMC7571205 DOI: 10.3390/s20185160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2020] [Revised: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Electrical Impedance Tomography Spectroscopy (EITS) enables the reconstruction of material distributions inside an object based on the frequency-dependent characteristics of different substances. In this paper, we present a review of EITS focusing on physical principles of the technology, sensor geometries, existing measurement systems, reconstruction algorithms, and image representation methods. In addition, a novel imaging method is proposed which could fill some of the gaps found in the literature. As an example of an application, EITS of ice and water mixtures is used.
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McDermott B, Elahi A, Santorelli A, O'Halloran M, Avery J, Porter E. Multi-frequency symmetry difference electrical impedance tomography with machine learning for human stroke diagnosis. Physiol Meas 2020; 41:075010. [PMID: 32554876 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6579/ab9e54] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Multi-frequency symmetry difference electrical impedance tomography (MFSD-EIT) can robustly detect and identify unilateral perturbations in symmetric scenes. Here, an investigation is performed to assess if the algorithm can be successfully applied to identify the aetiology of stroke with the aid of machine learning. METHODS Anatomically realistic four-layer finite element method models of the head based on stroke patient images are developed and used to generate EIT data over a 5 Hz-100 Hz frequency range with and without bleed and clot lesions present. Reconstruction generates conductivity maps of each head at each frequency. Application of a quantitative metric assessing changes in symmetry across the sagittal plane of the reconstructed image and over the frequency range allows lesion detection and identification. The algorithm is applied to both simulated and human (n = 34 subjects) data. A classification algorithm is applied to the metric value in order to differentiate between normal, haemorrhage and clot values. MAIN RESULTS An average accuracy of 85% is achieved when MFSD-EIT with support vector machines (SVM) classification is used to identify and differentiate bleed from clot in human data, with 77% accuracy when differentiating normal from stroke in human data. CONCLUSION Applying a classification algorithm to metrics derived from MFSD-EIT images is a novel and promising technique for detection and identification of perturbations in static scenes. SIGNIFICANCE The MFSD-EIT algorithm used with machine learning gives promising results of lesion detection and identification in challenging conditions like stroke. The results imply feasible translation to human patients.
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- Barry McDermott
- Translational Medical Device Lab, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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McDermott B, O'Halloran M, Avery J, Porter E. Bi-Frequency Symmetry Difference EIT-Feasibility and Limitations of Application to Stroke Diagnosis. IEEE J Biomed Health Inform 2019; 24:2407-2419. [PMID: 31869810 DOI: 10.1109/jbhi.2019.2960862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Bi-Frequency Symmetry Difference (BFSD)-EIT can detect, localize and identify unilateral perturbations in symmetric scenes. Here, we test the viability and robustness of BFSD-EIT in stroke diagnosis. METHODS A realistic 4-layer Finite Element Method (FEM) head model with and without bleed and clot lesions is developed. Performance is assessed with test parameters including: measurement noise, electrode placement errors, contact impedance errors, deviations in assumed tissue conductivity, deviations in assumed anatomy, and a frequency-dependent background. A final test is performed using ischemic patient data. Results are assessed using images and quantitative metrics. RESULTS BFSD-EIT may be feasible for stroke diagnosis if a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of ≥60 dB is achievable. Sensitivity to errors in electrode positioning is seen with a tolerance of only ±5 mm, but a tolerance of up to ±30 mm is possible if symmetry is maintained between symmetrically opposite partner electrodes. The technique is robust to errors in contact impedance and assumed tissue conductivity up to at least ±50%. Asymmetric internal anatomy affects performance but may be tolerable for tissues with frequency-dependent conductivity. Errors in assumed external geometry marginally affect performance. A frequency-dependent background does not affect performance with carefully chosen frequency points or use of multiple frequency points across a band. The Global Left-Hand Side (LHS) & Right-Hand Side (RHS) Mean Intensity metric is particularly robust to errors. CONCLUSION BFSD-EIT is a promising technique for stroke diagnosis, provided parameters are within the tolerated ranges. SIGNIFICANCE BFSD-EIT may prove an important step forward in imaging of static scenes such as stroke.
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McDermott B, Avery J, O'Halloran M, Aristovich K, Porter E. Bi-frequency symmetry difference electrical impedance tomography-a novel technique for perturbation detection in static scenes. Physiol Meas 2019; 40:044005. [PMID: 30786267 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6579/ab08ba] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE A novel method for the imaging of static scenes using electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is reported with implementation and validation using numerical and phantom models. The technique is applicable to regions featuring symmetry in the normal case, asymmetry in the presence of a perturbation, and where there is a known, frequency-dependent change in the electrical conductivity of the materials in the region. APPROACH The stroke diagnostic problem is used as a motivating sample application. The head is largely symmetrical across the sagittal plane. A haemorrhagic or ischaemic lesion located away from the sagittal plane will alter this natural symmetry, resulting in a symmetrical imbalance that can be detected using EIT. Specifically, application of EIT stimulation and measurement protocols at two distinct frequencies detects deviations in symmetry if an asymmetrically positioned lesion is present, with subsequent identification and localisation of the perturbation based on known frequency-dependent conductivity changes. Anatomically accurate computational models are used to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed technique using different types, sizes, and locations of lesions with frequency-dependent (or independent) conductivity. Further, a realistic experimental head phantom is used to validate the technique using frequency-dependent perturbations emulating the key numerical simulations. MAIN RESULTS Lesion presence, type, and location are detectable using this novel technique. Results are presented in the form of images and corresponding robust quantitative metrics. Better detection is achieved for larger lesions, those further from the sagittal plane, and when measurements have a higher signal-to-noise ratio. SIGNIFICANCE Bi-frequency symmetry difference EIT is an exciting new modality of EIT with the ability to detect deviations in the symmetry of a region that occur due to the presence of a lesion. Notably, this modality does not require a time change in the region and thus may be used in static scenarios such as stroke detection.
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- Barry McDermott
- Translational Medical Device Lab, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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Menden T, Orschulik J, Dambrun S, Matuszczyk J, Santos SA, Leonhardt S, Walter M. Reconstruction algorithm for frequency-differential EIT using absolute values. Physiol Meas 2019; 40:034008. [PMID: 30818291 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6579/ab0b55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Tissues in the body differ by their frequency-dependent conductivity. Frequency-differential electrical impedance tomography (fdEIT) is a promising technique to reconstruct the distribution of tissue inside the body by injecting current at two frequencies and measuring the resulting surface-potential. APPROACH The Gauss-Newton method is one way to map the surface measurements to a conductivity image. Usually, the minimization function contains only weighted differential measurement data and a regularization. This traditional method is extended by absolute measurement data to improve fdEIT reconstruction results. The key challenge of unknown torso geometries and electrode displacement has been addressed for the reconstruction of different lung pathologies. MAIN RESULTS The frequency-dependent conductivity of the background was reconstructed precisely and a contrast between organs was achieved. The algorithm shows good performance compared to GREIT and the traditional Gauss-Newton method with respect to the figures of merit of GREIT. SIGNIFICANCE The reconstruction is robust in the presence of noise. One application of the algorithm might be the detection and monitoring of lung diseases like edema or atelectasis.
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- Tobias Menden
- Medical Information Technology, Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Han B, Xu Y, Dong F. Design of current source for multi-frequency simultaneous electrical impedance tomography. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2017; 88:094709. [PMID: 28964244 DOI: 10.1063/1.5004185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2017] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Multi-frequency electrical impedance tomography has been evolving from the frequency-sweep approach to the multi-frequency simultaneous measurement technique which can reduce measuring time and will be increasingly attractive for time-varying biological applications. The accuracy and stability of the current source are the key factors determining the quality of the image reconstruction. This article presents a field programmable gate array-based current source for a multi-frequency simultaneous electrical impedance tomography system. A novel current source circuit was realized by combining the classic current mirror based on the feedback amplifier AD844 with a differential topology. The optimal phase offsets of harmonic sinusoids were obtained through the crest factor analysis. The output characteristics of this current source were evaluated by simulation and actual measurement. The results include the following: (1) the output impedance was compared with one of the Howland pump circuit in simulation, showing comparable performance at low frequencies. However, the proposed current source makes lower demands for resistor tolerance but performs even better at high frequencies. (2) The output impedance in actual measurement below 200 kHz is above 1.3 MΩ and can reach 250 KΩ up to 1 MHz. (3) An experiment based on a biological RC model has been implemented. The mean error for the demodulated impedance amplitude and phase are 0.192% and 0.139°, respectively. Therefore, the proposed current source is wideband, biocompatible, and high precision, which demonstrates great potential to work as a sub-system in the multi-frequency electrical impedance tomography system.
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- Bing Han
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Process Measurement and Control, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Process Measurement and Control, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Process Measurement and Control, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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Avery J, Aristovich K, Low B, Holder D. Reproducible 3D printed head tanks for electrical impedance tomography with realistic shape and conductivity distribution. Physiol Meas 2017; 38:1116-1131. [PMID: 28530209 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6579/aa6586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) has many promising applications in brain injury monitoring. To evaluate both instrumentation and reconstruction algorithms, experiments are first performed in head tanks. Existing methods, whilst accurate, produce a discontinuous conductivity, and are often made by hand, making it hard for other researchers to replicate. APPROACH We have developed a method for constructing head tanks directly in a 3D printer. Conductivity was controlled through perforations in the skull surface, which allow for saline to pass through. Varying the diameter of the holes allowed for the conductivity to be controlled with 3% error for the target conductivity range. Taking CT and MRI segmentations as a basis, this method was employed to create an adult tank with a continuous conductivity distribution, and a neonatal tank with fontanelles. MAIN RESULTS Using 3D scanning a geometric accuracy of 0.21 mm was recorded, equal to that of the precision of the 3D printer used. Differences of 6.1% ± 6.4% (n = 11 in 4 tanks) compared to simulations were recorded in c. 800 boundary voltages. This may be attributed to the morphology of the skulls increasing tortuosity effects and hole misalignment. Despite significant differences in errors between three repetitions of the neonatal tank, images of a realistic perturbation could still be reconstructed with different tanks used for the baseline and perturbation datasets. SIGNIFICANCE These phantoms can be reproduced by any researcher with access to a 'hobbyist' 3D printer in a matter of days. All design files have been released using an open source license to encourage reproduction and modification.
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Faulkner M, Jehl M, Aristovich K, Avery J, Witkowska-Wrobel A, Holder D. Optimisation of current injection protocol based on a region of interest. Physiol Meas 2017; 38:1158-1175. [DOI: 10.1088/1361-6579/aa69d7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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In Vivo Bioimpedance Spectroscopy Characterization of Healthy, Hemorrhagic and Ischemic Rabbit Brain within 10 Hz-1 MHz. SENSORS 2017; 17:s17040791. [PMID: 28387710 PMCID: PMC5422064 DOI: 10.3390/s17040791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2017] [Revised: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 04/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Acute stroke is a serious cerebrovascular disease and has been the second leading cause of death worldwide. Conventional diagnostic modalities for stroke, such as CT and MRI, may not be available in emergency settings. Hence, it is imperative to develop a portable tool to diagnose stroke in a timely manner. Since there are differences in impedance spectra between normal, hemorrhagic and ischemic brain tissues, multi-frequency electrical impedance tomography (MFEIT) shows great promise in detecting stroke. Measuring the impedance spectra of healthy, hemorrhagic and ischemic brain in vivo is crucial to the success of MFEIT. To our knowledge, no research has established hemorrhagic and ischemic brain models in the same animal and comprehensively measured the in vivo impedance spectra of healthy, hemorrhagic and ischemic brain within 10 Hz–1 MHz. In this study, the intracerebral hemorrhage and ischemic models were established in rabbits, and then the impedance spectra of healthy, hemorrhagic and ischemic brain were measured in vivo and compared. The results demonstrated that the impedance spectra differed significantly between healthy and stroke-affected brain (i.e., hemorrhagic or ischemic brain). Moreover, the rate of change in brain impedance following hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke with regard to frequency was distinct. These findings further validate the feasibility of using MFEIT to detect stroke and differentiate stroke types, and provide data supporting for future research.
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Avery J, Dowrick T, Faulkner M, Goren N, Holder D. A Versatile and Reproducible Multi-Frequency Electrical Impedance Tomography System. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2017; 17:E280. [PMID: 28146122 PMCID: PMC5336119 DOI: 10.3390/s17020280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A highly versatile Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) system, nicknamed the ScouseTom, has been developed. The system allows control over current amplitude, frequency, number of electrodes, injection protocol and data processing. Current is injected using a Keithley 6221 current source, and voltages are recorded with a 24-bit EEG system with minimum bandwidth of 3.2 kHz. Custom PCBs interface with a PC to control the measurement process, electrode addressing and triggering of external stimuli. The performance of the system was characterised using resistor phantoms to represent human scalp recordings, with an SNR of 77.5 dB, stable across a four hour recording and 20 Hz to 20 kHz. In studies of both haeomorrhage using scalp electrodes, and evoked activity using epicortical electrode mats in rats, it was possible to reconstruct images matching established literature at known areas of onset. Data collected using scalp electrode in humans matched known tissue impedance spectra and was stable over frequency. The experimental procedure is software controlled and is readily adaptable to new paradigms. Where possible, commercial or open-source components were used, to minimise the complexity in reproduction. The hardware designs and software for the system have been released under an open source licence, encouraging contributions and allowing for rapid replication.
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- James Avery
- Department Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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- Department Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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- Department Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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- Department Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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- Department Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Yang L, Dai M, Xu C, Zhang G, Li W, Fu F, Shi X, Dong X. The Frequency Spectral Properties of Electrode-Skin Contact Impedance on Human Head and Its Frequency-Dependent Effects on Frequency-Difference EIT in Stroke Detection from 10Hz to 1MHz. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0170563. [PMID: 28107524 PMCID: PMC5249181 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2016] [Accepted: 01/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Frequency-difference electrical impedance tomography (fdEIT) reconstructs frequency-dependent changes of a complex impedance distribution. It has a potential application in acute stroke detection because there are significant differences in impedance spectra between stroke lesions and normal brain tissues. However, fdEIT suffers from the influences of electrode-skin contact impedance since contact impedance varies greatly with frequency. When using fdEIT to detect stroke, it is critical to know the degree of measurement errors or image artifacts caused by contact impedance. To our knowledge, no study has systematically investigated the frequency spectral properties of electrode-skin contact impedance on human head and its frequency-dependent effects on fdEIT used in stroke detection within a wide frequency band (10 Hz-1 MHz). In this study, we first measured and analyzed the frequency spectral properties of electrode-skin contact impedance on 47 human subjects’ heads within 10 Hz-1 MHz. Then, we quantified the frequency-dependent effects of contact impedance on fdEIT in stroke detection in terms of the current distribution beneath the electrodes and the contact impedance imbalance between two measuring electrodes. The results showed that the contact impedance at high frequencies (>100 kHz) significantly changed the current distribution beneath the electrode, leading to nonnegligible errors in boundary voltages and artifacts in reconstructed images. The contact impedance imbalance at low frequencies (<1 kHz) also caused significant measurement errors. We conclude that the contact impedance has critical frequency-dependent influences on fdEIT and further studies on reducing such influences are necessary to improve the application of fdEIT in stroke detection.
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- Lin Yang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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Yang L, Xu C, Dai M, Fu F, Shi X, Dong X. A novel multi-frequency electrical impedance tomography spectral imaging algorithm for early stroke detection. Physiol Meas 2016; 37:2317-2335. [PMID: 27897152 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6579/37/12/2317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Multi-frequency electrical impedance tomography (MFEIT) reconstructs the image of conductivity inside the human body based on the dependence of tissue conductivity on frequency. As there exist differences in the conductivity over frequency between blood, ischemic cortical tissue and normal cortical tissue, MFEIT has potential application in the detection of acute stroke. However, because the conductivity distribution of the human head is highly inhomogeneous and the conductivities of normal head tissue and stroke lesion tissue both change with frequency, the anomaly and normal head tissues are often mixed together in the reconstructed image, which makes it difficult to discern the anomaly. Here we present a spectral decomposition frequency-difference (SD-FD) imaging algorithm in an attempt to address this issue: firstly, we reconstruct so-called EIT spectral images according to the conductivity spectra of tissues; secondly, we obtain the EIT image of the anomaly from the spectral images by using independent component analysis. The results show that the proposed algorithm is capable of detecting the anomaly in a numerical head phantom, as well as in a realistic human head tank with frequency-dependent and heterogeneous conductivities distribution. The proposed SD-FD algorithm may support MFEIT use for human stroke imaging in the future.
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Yang L, Zhang G, Song J, Dai M, Xu C, Dong X, Fu F. Ex-Vivo Characterization of Bioimpedance Spectroscopy of Normal, Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Rabbit Brain Tissue at Frequencies from 10 Hz to 1 MHz. SENSORS 2016; 16:s16111942. [PMID: 27869707 PMCID: PMC5134601 DOI: 10.3390/s16111942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2016] [Revised: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 11/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Stroke is a severe cerebrovascular disease and is the second greatest cause of death worldwide. Because diagnostic tools (CT and MRI) to detect acute stroke cannot be used until the patient reaches the hospital setting, a portable diagnostic tool is urgently needed. Because biological tissues have different impedance spectra under normal physiological conditions and different pathological states, multi-frequency electrical impedance tomography (MFEIT) can potentially detect stroke. Accurate impedance spectra of normal brain tissue (gray and white matter) and stroke lesions (ischemic and hemorrhagic tissue) are important elements when studying stroke detection with MFEIT. To our knowledge, no study has comprehensively measured the impedance spectra of normal brain tissue and stroke lesions for the whole frequency range of 1 MHz within as short as possible an ex vivo time and using the same animal model. In this study, we established intracerebral hemorrhage and ischemic models in rabbits, then measured and analyzed the impedance spectra of normal brain tissue and stroke lesions ex vivo within 15 min after animal death at 10 Hz to 1 MHz. The results showed that the impedance spectra of stroke lesions significantly differed from those of normal brain tissue; the ratio of change in impedance of ischemic and hemorrhagic tissue with regard to frequency was distinct; and tissue type could be discriminated according to its impedance spectra. These findings further confirm the feasibility of detecting stroke with MFEIT and provide data supporting further study of MFEIT to detect stroke.
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- Lin Yang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
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Jehl M, Holder D. Correction of electrode modelling errors in multi-frequency EIT imaging. Physiol Meas 2016; 37:893-903. [PMID: 27206237 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/37/6/893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The differentiation of haemorrhagic from ischaemic stroke using electrical impedance tomography (EIT) requires measurements at multiple frequencies, since the general lack of healthy measurements on the same patient excludes time-difference imaging methods. It has previously been shown that the inaccurate modelling of electrodes constitutes one of the largest sources of image artefacts in non-linear multi-frequency EIT applications. To address this issue, we augmented the conductivity Jacobian matrix with a Jacobian matrix with respect to electrode movement. Using this new algorithm, simulated ischaemic and haemorrhagic strokes in a realistic head model were reconstructed for varying degrees of electrode position errors. The simultaneous recovery of conductivity spectra and electrode positions removed most artefacts caused by inaccurately modelled electrodes. Reconstructions were stable for electrode position errors of up to 1.5 mm standard deviation along both surface dimensions. We conclude that this method can be used for electrode model correction in multi-frequency EIT.
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- Markus Jehl
- University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Zhou Z, Dowrick T, Malone E, Avery J, Li N, Sun Z, Xu H, Holder D. Multifrequency electrical impedance tomography with total variation regularization. Physiol Meas 2015; 36:1943-61. [PMID: 26245292 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/36/9/1943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Multifrequency electrical impedance tomography (MFEIT) reconstructs the distribution of conductivity by exploiting the dependence of tissue conductivity on frequency. MFEIT can be performed on a single instance of data, making it promising for applications such as stroke and cancer imaging, where it is not possible to obtain a 'baseline' measurement of healthy tissue. A nonlinear MFEIT algorithm able to reconstruct the volume fraction distribution of tissue rather than conductivities has been developed previously. For each volume, the fraction of a certain tissue should be either 1 or 0; this implies that the sharp changes of the fractions, representing the boundaries of tissue, contain all the relevant information. However, these boundaries are blurred by traditional regularization methods using [Formula: see text] norm. The total variation (TV) regularization can overcome this problem, but it is difficult to solve due to its non-differentiability. Because the fraction must be between 0 and 1, this imposes a constraint on the MFEIT method based on the fraction model. Therefore, a constrained optimization method capable of dealing with non-differentiable problems is required. Based on the primal and dual interior point method, we propose a new constrained TV regularized method to solve the fraction reconstruction problem. The noise performance of the new MFEIT method is analysed using simulations on a 2D cylindrical mesh. Convergence performance is also analysed through experiments using a cylindrical tank. Finally, simulations on an anatomically realistic head-shaped mesh are demonstrated. The proposed MFEIT method with TV regularization shows higher spatial resolution, particularly at the edges of the perturbation, and stronger noise robustness, and its image noise and shape error are 20% to 30% lower than the traditional fraction method.
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- Zhou Zhou
- National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, People's Republic of China. University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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Malone E, Sato Dos Santos G, Holder D, Arridge S. A Reconstruction-Classification Method for Multifrequency Electrical Impedance Tomography. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2015; 34:1486-1497. [PMID: 25680206 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2015.2402661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Multifrequency Electrical Impedance Tomography is an imaging technique which distinguishes biological tissues by their unique conductivity spectrum. Recent results suggest that the use of spectral constraints can significantly improve image quality. We present a combined reconstruction-classification method for estimating the spectra of individual tissues, whilst simultaneously reconstructing the conductivity. The advantage of this method is that a priori knowledge of the spectra is not required to be exact in that the constraints are updated at each step of the reconstruction. In this paper, we investigate the robustness of the proposed method to errors in the initial guess of the tissue spectra, and look at the effect of introducing spatial smoothing. We formalize and validate a frequency-difference variant of reconstruction-classification, and compare the use of absolute and frequency-difference data in the case of a phantom experiment.
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Jang J, Seo JK. Detection of admittivity anomaly on high-contrast heterogeneous backgrounds using frequency difference EIT. Physiol Meas 2015; 36:1179-92. [PMID: 26008619 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/36/6/1179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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This paper describes a multiple background subtraction method in frequency difference electrical impedance tomography (fdEIT) to detect an admittivity anomaly from a high-contrast background conductivity distribution. The proposed method expands the use of the conventional weighted frequency difference EIT method, which has been used limitedly to detect admittivity anomalies in a roughly homogeneous background. The proposed method can be viewed as multiple weighted difference imaging in fdEIT. Although the spatial resolutions of the output images by fdEIT are very low due to the inherent ill-posedness, numerical simulations and phantom experiments of the proposed method demonstrate its feasibility to detect anomalies. It has potential application in stroke detection in a head model, which is highly heterogeneous due to the skull.
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- J Jang
- Computational Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Korea
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Exploratory study on the methodology of fast imaging of unilateral stroke lesions by electrical impedance asymmetry in human heads. ScientificWorldJournal 2014; 2014:534012. [PMID: 25006594 PMCID: PMC4060593 DOI: 10.1155/2014/534012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2014] [Accepted: 04/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Stroke has a high mortality and disability rate and should be rapidly diagnosed to improve prognosis. Diagnosing stroke is not a problem for hospitals with CT, MRI, and other imaging devices but is difficult for community hospitals without these devices. Based on the mechanism that the electrical impedance of the two hemispheres of a normal human head is basically symmetrical and a stroke can alter this symmetry, a fast electrical impedance imaging method called symmetrical electrical impedance tomography (SEIT) is proposed. In this technique, electrical impedance tomography (EIT) data measured from the undamaged craniocerebral hemisphere (CCH) is regarded as reference data for the remaining EIT data measured from the other CCH for difference imaging to identify the differences in resistivity distribution between the two CCHs. The results of SEIT imaging based on simulation data from the 2D human head finite element model and that from the physical phantom of human head verified this method in detection of unilateral stroke.
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Malone E, Jehl M, Arridge S, Betcke T, Holder D. Stroke type differentiation using spectrally constrained multifrequency EIT: evaluation of feasibility in a realistic head model. Physiol Meas 2014; 35:1051-66. [DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/35/6/1051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Malone E, Sato Dos Santos G, Holder D, Arridge S. Multifrequency electrical impedance tomography using spectral constraints. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2014; 33:340-350. [PMID: 24122550 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2013.2284966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Multifrequency electrical impedance tomography (MFEIT) exploits the dependence of tissue impedance on frequency to recover an image of conductivity. MFEIT could provide emergency diagnosis of pathologies such as acute stroke, brain injury and breast cancer. We present a method for performing MFEIT using spectral constraints. Boundary voltage data is employed directly to reconstruct the volume fraction distribution of component tissues using a nonlinear method. Given that the reconstructed parameter is frequency independent, this approach allows for the simultaneous use of all multifrequency data, thus reducing the degrees of freedom of the reconstruction problem. Furthermore, this method allows for the use of frequency difference data in a nonlinear reconstruction algorithm. Results from empirical phantom measurements suggest that our fraction reconstruction method points to a new direction for the development of multifrequency EIT algorithms in the case that the spectral constraints are known, and may provide a unifying framework for static EIT imaging.
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Bonmassar G, Lev MH. Improved Sensing Pulses for Increased Human Head Depth Measurement Sensitivity With Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2013; 60:3306-13. [DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2013.2280877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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