A Data Standardization and Reconstruction Method for Magnetic Induction Tomography

Abstract:

Magnetic induction tomography (MIT) is a biologic tomography technology, which is to obtain the conductivity distribution by detecting the data on the boundary of the imaging area based on the eddy current principle. The small impedance difference between biological tissues makes the eddy current weak, and it leads to a direct effect on the biological impedance measurement and imaging sensitivity. A measured data standardization method is presented in this paper for enhancing the measured data sensitivity, and combined with the back-projection reconstruction algorithm to get reconstruction image. It is applied to a variety of measurement and the simulation experiment based on the calculation results of finite-element methods. The reconstructed images indicate that the method can improve the image resolution and sensitivity, and which provides an effective data standardization and reconstruction algorithm for the magnetic induction tomography.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 647)
• Pages: 560-565
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.647.560
• Online since: January 2013
• Authors: Qiang Du, Bao Dong Bai, Li Ke
• Keywords: Back-Projection Algorithm, Magnetic Induction Tomography (MIT), Reconstruction Algorithm, Standardization Method

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