Abstract
We developed a new microscopic electrical impedance tomography (micro-EIT) system to visualize admittivity distributions within a miniature hexahedral container, where we place small biological samples with a background solution or gel. Each of two facing sides (left and right) of the container is fully covered by a solid metal electrode. We inject current between them, thereby producing a uniform parallel current flow along the longitudinal direction inside the container. Each of three sides at the bottom, front and back is equipped with a 15×8 array of voltage-sensing electrodes. Switching modules are located underneath the container so that we can measure voltage between any neighbouring pair of electrodes. Three switching modules are connected to a 16-channel multi-frequency EIT system to collect induced voltage data from the three sets of 15×8 array electrodes subject to the single fixed current injection. Voltage data set from 360 voltage-sensing electrodes on three sides are utilized to produce cross-sectional images of the admittivity distribution. We describe the design and construction of the new micro-EIT system. Our future work should include development of a customized image reconstruction algorithm for the micro-EIT system and experimental validation.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 012161 |
Journal | Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
Volume | 224 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Event | 14th International Conference on Electrical Bioimpedance, Held in Conjunction with the 11th Conference on Biomedical Applications of EIT, ICEBI and EIT 2010 - Gainesville, FL, United States Duration: 2010 Apr 4 → 2010 Apr 8 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy(all)