Apparatus for monitoring CHF patients using bio-impedance...

Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of body portion

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ABSTRACT:
A method is described for generating an impedance image of the chest, in which electrical data of the chest is acquired, and a finite volume method is used to calculate an impedance image from the electrical data, using an analytical expression for the Jacobian.

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