title: FPGA Based High Speed Data Acquisition System for Electrical Impedance Tomography.
abstract: Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) systems are used to image tissue bio-impedance. EIT provides a number of features making it attractive for use as a medical imaging device including the ability to image fast physiological processes (>60 Hz), to meet a range of clinical imaging needs through varying electrode geometries and configurations, to impart only non-ionizing radiation to a patient, and to map the significant electrical property contrasts present between numerous benign and pathological tissues. To leverage these potential advantages for medical imaging, we developed a modular 32 channel data acquisition (DAQ) system using National Instruments' PXI chassis, along with FPGA, ADC, Signal Generator and Timing and Synchronization modules. To achieve high frame rates, signal demodulation and spectral characteristics of higher order harmonics were computed using dedicated FFT-hardware built into the FPGA module. By offloading the computing onto FPGA, we were able to achieve a reduction in throughput required between the FPGA and PC by a factor of 32:1. A custom designed analog front end (AFE) was used to interface electrodes with our system. Our system is wideband, and capable of acquiring data for input signal frequencies ranging from 100 Hz to 12 MHz. The modular design of both the hardware and software will allow this system to be flexibly configured for the particular clinical application.
authors.affiliation: Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borsic
authors.affiliation: Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
authors.forename: Preston
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Manwaring
authors.affiliation: Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hartov
authors.affiliation: Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Halter
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