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Portable Electrical Impedance Tomography for Enhanced Thorax Monitoring and Pulmonary Diagnosis

  • Mahnoor Sagheer
  • , Muhammad Qasim Mehmood
  • , Muhammad Zubair
  • , Muhammad Ali Imran
  • , Qammer H. Abbasi
  • University of the Punjab
  • University of Glasgow

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Abstract

Pulmonary diseases are among the leading causes of mortality rate worldwide. This paper discusses the use of Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) in monitoring thorax models. The study involved using a low cost and portable existing EIT system to evaluate the performance of the system through image reconstruction. Different experiments involving single objects placed on the boundary, in the center, and with contrasting electrical properties were performed. The results showed that the system was able to successfully detect and localize objects by their electrical impedance. The EIT system was then used to test the agar-based thorax phantom. First, the capability of the system to accurately detect and localize the lung region was established by testing only the lung model. Furthermore, when the thorax model, including both the heart and lung models was tested, the EIT system clearly highlighted the heart and lungs. These findings indicate that the EIT system has potential to significantly advance the diagnosis of thoracic conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2025 2nd International Conference on Microwave, Antennas and Circuits, ICMAC 2025
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9798331518424
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025
Event2nd International Conference on Microwave, Antennas and Circuits, ICMAC 2025 - Islamabad, Pakistan
Duration: 17 Apr 202518 Apr 2025

Publication series

Name2025 2nd International Conference on Microwave, Antennas and Circuits, ICMAC 2025

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Microwave, Antennas and Circuits, ICMAC 2025
Country/TerritoryPakistan
CityIslamabad
Period17/04/2518/04/25

Keywords

  • EIT
  • conductivity
  • lung monitoring
  • phantom
  • thorax

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