title: Steps towards 3D Electrical Impedance Tomography.
abstract: Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) is a promising imaging technique to visualize the dynamics of regional lung ventilation. 2D EIT has shown promise in monitoring ventilation therapy, with the drawback of only displaying a single horizontal slice of the lungs. Until now there are no generally accepted approaches available to generate meaningful 3D images in real-time. This paper describes general problems and first attempts to overcome those that may extend to a hierarchical scheme for 3D EIT imaging.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schullcke
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Knut
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moeller
mesh_terms: D017097:Electric Impedance; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D008168:Lung / Q000469:parasitology / Q000502:physiology*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D012119:Respiration; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D014054:Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed