Effects of incompatible boundary information in EIT on the convergence behavior of an iterative algorithm.

dc.contributor.authorTang, Mengxingen
dc.contributor.authorWang, Weien
dc.contributor.authorWheeler, J.en
dc.contributor.authorMcCormick, M.en
dc.contributor.authorDong, Xiuzhenen
dc.date.accessioned2008-11-24T14:06:36Z
dc.date.available2008-11-24T14:06:36Z
dc.date.issued2002-01-01en
dc.description.abstractIn electrical impedance tomography, currents are applied to the body through electrodes that are attached to the surface and the corresponding surface voltages are measured. Based on these boundary measurements, the internal admittivity distribution of the body can be reconstructed. In order to improve the image quality it is necessary and useful to apply physiologically meaningful prior information into the image reconstruction. Such prior information usually can be obtained from other sources. For example, information on the object's boundary shape and internal structure can be obtained from computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scan. However, this type of prior information may change from time to time and from person to person. As these changes are limited anatomically and physiologically, the prior information including the possible changes can be presented in a number of variational forms. The aim of this paper is to find which form of prior information is more compatible for a specific imaged object at the time of imaging. This paper proposes a new method for selecting the most appropriate form of prior information, through the procedure of iterative image reconstruction by using the information obtained from boundary measurements. The method is based on the principle that incompatible prior information causes errors which are able to affect the image reconstruction's convergence behavior. In this method, according to the various forms of prior information available, several image reconstruction configurations are designed. Then, through monitoring the convergence behavior in an iterative image reconstruction, the configuration with compatible prior information can be found among those different configurations. As an example, the prior information regarding the imaged object's boundary shape and internal structure was studied by computer simulation. Results were shown and discussed.
dc.identifier.citationTang, M. et al. (2002) Effects of incompatible boundary information in EIT on the convergence behavior of an iterative algorithm. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 21(6), pp.620-628.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1109/TMI.2002.800588
dc.identifier.issn0278-0062en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2086/301
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIEEEen
dc.subjectRAE 2008
dc.subjectUoA 28 Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering
dc.titleEffects of incompatible boundary information in EIT on the convergence behavior of an iterative algorithm.en
dc.typeArticleen

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