Electrical impedance tomography
US5184624A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 11, 1992 |
| Grant date | Feb 9, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 11, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/0536
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of determining the external shape of a body comprises placing a plurality of electrodes adjacent the surface at spaced intervals around the body, causing currents to flow in the body by applying an electrical potential between pairs of electrodes in turn, measuring potentials between other pairs of electrodes, relating the measured potentials to the distances between the corresponding points of current introduction and of potential measurement, and determining electrode positions consistent with these distances, which electrode positions define the external shape of the body.
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