Special Session 54: Applied Mathematics for Modern Challenges

Fast nonlinear imaging of pediatric patients with electrical impedance tomography

Jennifer Mueller
Colorado State University
USA
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Abstract:
Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is an emerging medical imaging technique in which electric fields are used to form real-time images of organ function and structure. To form these images, it is necessary to solve a severely ill-posed nonlinear inverse problem with computational efficiency. The D-bar method is a direct (non-iterative) method with a proven nonlinear regularization strategy and real-time implementation, making it particularly suitable for bedside imaging. This talk will present recent developments to improve speed and resolution and highlight its use with clinical data from the ACT 5 system.