Principles of electrical impedance tomography and its clinical application

M Bodenstein, M David, K Markstaller - Critical care medicine, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Objective: This review outlines the basic principle, in addition to validated and upcoming
clinical use of electrical impedance tomography (EIT). EIT generates functional tomograms …

Electrical impedance tomography

ELV Costa, R Gonzalez Lima, MBP Amato - Yearbook of intensive care …, 2009 - Springer
Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a non-invasive, radiation-free monitoring tool that
allows real-time imaging of ventilation [1–3]. EIT was first used to monitor respiratory function …

Bedside estimation of recruitable alveolar collapse and hyperdistension by electrical impedance tomography

ELV Costa, JB Borges, A Melo, F Suarez-Sipmann… - Intensive care …, 2009 - Springer
Objective To present a novel algorithm for estimating recruitable alveolar collapse and
hyperdistension based on electrical impedance tomography (EIT) during a decremental …

Evaluation of an electrical impedance tomography-based global inhomogeneity index for pulmonary ventilation distribution

Z Zhao, K Möller, D Steinmann, I Frerichs… - Intensive care …, 2009 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate the plausibility, stability, and interindividual comparability of the global
inhomogeneity index (GI) based on electrical impedance tomography (EIT). Methods The …

[HTML][HTML] Lung monitoring with electrical impedance tomography: technical considerations and clinical applications

V Tomicic, R Cornejo - Journal of thoracic disease, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In recent years there has been substantial progress in the imaging evaluation of patients
with lung disease requiring mechanical ventilatory assistance. This has been demonstrated …

Whither lung EIT: where are we, where do we want to go and what do we need to get there?

A Adler, MB Amato, JH Arnold, R Bayford… - Physiological …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Breathing moves volumes of electrically insulating air into and out of the lungs, producing
conductivity changes which can be seen by electrical impedance tomography (EIT). It has …

Tidal recruitment assessed by electrical impedance tomography and computed tomography in a porcine model of lung injury

T Muders, H Luepschen, J Zinserling… - Critical care …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To determine the validity of electrical impedance tomography to detect and
quantify the amount of tidal recruitment caused by different positive end-expiratory pressure …

Variation of poorly ventilated lung units (silent spaces) measured by electrical impedance tomography to dynamically assess recruitment

S Spadaro, T Mauri, SH Böhm, G Scaramuzzo… - Critical Care, 2018 - Springer
Background Assessing alveolar recruitment at different positive end-expiratory pressure
(PEEP) levels is a major clinical and research interest because protective ventilation implies …

Positive pressure ventilation: what is the real cost?

N Soni, P Williams - British journal of anaesthesia, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Positive pressure ventilation is a radical departure from the physiology of breathing
spontaneously. The immediate physiological consequences of positive pressure ventilation …

Electrical impedance tomography in adult patients undergoing mechanical ventilation: a systematic review

J Kobylianskii, A Murray, D Brace, E Goligher… - Journal of critical care, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose The purpose of the study is to systematically review and summarize current
literature concerning the validation and application of electrical impedance tomography …