Introducing a Linear Gamma Variate Fit to Measure Pulmonary Perfusion with Electrical Impedance Tomography

The indicator dilution method (IDM) is one approach to measure pulmonary perfusion using Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT). To be able to calculate perfusion parameters and to increase robustnes, it is necessary to approximate and then to separate the components of the measured signals. The comp...

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Autores principales: Schuderer Felix, Kircher Michael, Dössel Olaf, Stender Birgit, Bluth Thomas, Gama de Abreu Marcelo
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Publicado: De Gruyter 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/34723b5776e141cb94572ee6ddcce7f0
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Sumario:The indicator dilution method (IDM) is one approach to measure pulmonary perfusion using Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT). To be able to calculate perfusion parameters and to increase robustnes, it is necessary to approximate and then to separate the components of the measured signals. The component referring to the passage of the injected bolus through the pixels can be modeled as a gamma variate function, its parameters are often determined using nonlinear optimization algorithms. In this paper, we introduce a linear approach that enables higher robustnes and faster computation, and compare the linear and nonlinear fitting approach on data of an animal study.