TY - GEN
T1 - Lung impedance contributions to the total impedance based on a FDM model and lead field theory
AU - Patterson, Robert
AU - Fei, Yang
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Predicting tissue resistivity is of significance in medical diagnosis due to the fact that disease induces related tissue resistivity change. Studies have shown that the lung and tissues tumors reflect significant impedance change with disease states. It is hypothesized that the impedance measurement with the largest contribution from the organ of interest will result in less error. In this paper, we determined the percentage contribution of the lung impedance to the total impedance for five different external electrode configurations using a high resolution finite difference model (FDM) of the thorax along with lead field theory. The electrode combinations showed a contribution by the lungs of approximately 20% of the total impedance. Many configurations showed contributions of 15%. The results also showed that each lung could be isolated from the opposite lung.
AB - Predicting tissue resistivity is of significance in medical diagnosis due to the fact that disease induces related tissue resistivity change. Studies have shown that the lung and tissues tumors reflect significant impedance change with disease states. It is hypothesized that the impedance measurement with the largest contribution from the organ of interest will result in less error. In this paper, we determined the percentage contribution of the lung impedance to the total impedance for five different external electrode configurations using a high resolution finite difference model (FDM) of the thorax along with lead field theory. The electrode combinations showed a contribution by the lungs of approximately 20% of the total impedance. Many configurations showed contributions of 15%. The results also showed that each lung could be isolated from the opposite lung.
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U2 - 10.1109/iembs.2005.1616314
DO - 10.1109/iembs.2005.1616314
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33846906011
SN - 0780387406
SN - 9780780387409
T3 - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
SP - 7769
EP - 7772
BT - Proceedings of the 2005 27th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, IEEE-EMBS 2005
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2005 27th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, IEEE-EMBS 2005
Y2 - 1 September 2005 through 4 September 2005
ER -