Physiological measurement
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Physiological measurement · May 2000
ReviewElectrical impedance tomography (EIT) in applications related to lung and ventilation: a review of experimental and clinical activities.
This review article is a summary of the publications dealing with the pulmonary applications of electrical impedance tomography (EIT). Original papers on EIT lung imaging published over 15 years are analysed and several aspects of the performed EIT measurements summarized. ⋯ Finally, the major results achieved are presented, followed by an analysis of the perspectives of EIT in clinical applications. A comparative analysis of the EIT hardware and the quality of the evaluation tools was not performed.