Title :
A Node Jacobian Back-Projection Algorithm for Beast Imaging with Electrical Impedance Tomography
Author :
Zhang, Shuai ; Xu, Guizhi ; Wang, Hongbin ; Zhang, Xueying ; Sun, Zhaobo ; Xu, Yaoyuan ; Li, Ying ; Yan, Weili
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Hebei Univ. of Technol., Tianjin, China
Abstract :
EIT image reconstruction requires an accurate inverse model to get the conductivity of distribution within the domain, which is often computed expensively, especially in three dimensional applications. Large linear systems should be inverted in calculation. In the paper a Node Jacobian Back-Project Algorithm is presented. We use a node Jacobian-based method scaling with the number of nodes in our algorithm rather than the traditional elemental method scaling with the number of elements. We validate the algorithm´s performance in our FEM hemi-sphere model by comparing with the elemental method. In order to demonstrate its capability, the reconstruction images of the experimental phantom tests data are presented with our new Sensitivity Matrix.
Keywords :
Jacobian matrices; bioelectric phenomena; biological organs; biomedical imaging; electric impedance imaging; electrical conductivity; finite element analysis; image reconstruction; medical image processing; phantoms; physiological models; EIT image reconstruction; FEM hemisphere model; breast imaging; electrical conductivity distribution; electrical impedance tomography; inverse model; node Jacobian back-projection algorithm; phantom tests data; sensitivity matrix; three-dimensional applications; Conductivity; Electrodes; Finite element methods; Image reconstruction; Jacobian matrices; Mathematical model; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Electromagnetic Field Problems and Applications (ICEF), 2012 Sixth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dalian, Liaoning
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1333-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICEF.2012.6310294