Title :
Magnetoacoustic Tomography of Biological Tissue with Magnetic Induction
Author :
Xia, Rongmin ; Li, Xu ; He, Bin
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Abstract :
We exploit magnetoacoustic tomography with magnetic induction (MAT-MI), which integrates magnetic induction and ultrasound measurements. We report, for the first time, the ability of MAT-MI in imaging electrical conductivity properties of biological tissue.
Keywords :
acoustic tomography; biological tissues; biomedical ultrasonics; electric impedance imaging; electromagnetic induction; biological tissues; electrical conductivity; magnetic induction; magnetoacoustic tomography; ultrasound measurements; Biological tissues; Biomedical imaging; Conductivity; Helium; Image reconstruction; Imaging phantoms; Impedance; Magnetic fields; Tomography; Ultrasonic imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Noninvasive Functional Source Imaging of the Brain and Heart and the International Conference on Functional Biomedical Imaging, 2007. NFSI-ICFBI 2007. Joint Meeting of the 6th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Hangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0949-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0949-5
DOI :
10.1109/NFSI-ICFBI.2007.4387754
