[Electrical impedance tomography: standardizing the procedure in pneumology].
The following conditions are optimal for obtaining an adequate number of informative images by electric impedance tomography: a) patient seated or standing with hands at the nape of the neck; b) breathing at rest; c) recording of at least 300 images (at a frequency of 10 Hz), and d) readings taken at the sixth intercostal space.
de Lema
Bruno
B
Unitat de Funció Pulmonar, Departament de Pneumologia, Hospital de la Santa Creu i de Sant Pau, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, España.
Casan
Pere
P
Riu
Pere
P
D017097:Electric Impedance; D006801:Humans; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D014054:Tomography / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*