Electrical Properties Tomography: A Methodological Review

Journal Article (2021)
Author(s)

R.L. Leijsen (Leiden University Medical Center)

W.M. Brink-van Caspel (Leiden University Medical Center)

Cornelis At Van Den Berg (University Medical Center Utrecht)

A.G. Webb (TU Delft - Signal Processing Systems, Leiden University Medical Center)

RF Remis (TU Delft - Signal Processing Systems)

Research Group
Signal Processing Systems
Copyright
© 2021 R.L. Leijsen, W.M. Brink-van Caspel, Cornelis At Van Den Berg, A. Webb, R.F. Remis
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11020176
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Publication Year
2021
Language
English
Copyright
© 2021 R.L. Leijsen, W.M. Brink-van Caspel, Cornelis At Van Den Berg, A. Webb, R.F. Remis
Research Group
Signal Processing Systems
Issue number
2
Volume number
11
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Abstract

Electrical properties tomography (EPT) is an imaging method that uses a magnetic resonance (MR) system to non-invasively determine the spatial distribution of the conductivity and permittivity of the imaged object. This manuscript starts by providing clear definitions about the data required for, and acquired in, EPT, followed by comprehensively formulating the physical equations underlying a large number of analytical EPT techniques. This thorough mathematical overview of EPT harmonizes several EPT techniques in a single type of formulation and gives insight into how they act on the data and what their data requirements are. Furthermore, the review describes machine learning-based algorithms. Matlab code of several differential and iterative integral methods is available upon request.