Estimating volumes of intra-abdominal blood using electrical impedance imaging

R. J. Sadleir, R. A. Fox, F. J. Van Kann, Y. Attikiouzel

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Abstract

Electrical Impedance Imaging is a non-invasive method of imaging which we intend to apply to the problem of detecting intraabdominal bleeding in Emergency Centre patients. Experiments performed using a cylindrical saline-gel phantom show that as little as 25 ml of free blood within the abdomen may be detected. We also find a strong linear correlation between the total resistivity change created by the anomaly and the volume of the equivalent blood anomaly; thus enabling us to easily quantify the volume of blood perfused into the abdomen over a period of time directly from a reconstructed image. The total resistivity change produced by an anomaly is also observed to be independent of its radial position within the phantom.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS 1992
EditorsJean Louis Coatrieux, Robert Plonsey, Swamy Laxminarayan, Jean Pierre Morucci
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1750-1751
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)0780307852
DOIs
StatePublished - 1992
Externally publishedYes
Event14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS 1992 - Paris, France
Duration: Oct 29 1992Nov 1 1992

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS
Volume5
ISSN (Print)1557-170X

Conference

Conference14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS 1992
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period10/29/9211/1/92

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Signal Processing
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Health Informatics

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