Modified 3D sensitivity matrix method and use of multichannel current source for magnetic resonance electrical impedance tomography (MREIT)

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buir.supervisorİder, Yusuf Ziya
dc.contributor.authorCantaş, Mustafa Rıdvan
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-08T20:18:08Z
dc.date.available2016-01-08T20:18:08Z
dc.date.copyright2012-01
dc.date.issued2012-01
dc.departmentDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineeringen_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of article. en_US
dc.descriptionThesis (Master's): The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and the Institute of Engineering and Science of Bilkent University, 2012.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 61-62)en_US
dc.description.abstractMagnetic Resonance Electrical Impedance Tomography (MREIT) is a technique to image the electrical conductivity distribution inside the object (such as a human body). This technique consists of three steps: current injection into the object, the measurement of the magnetic flux density by a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system, and the reconstruction of the conductivity distribution from the measured magnetic flux density. Although there are other algorithms to reconstruct the conductivity distribution inside the object, in this thesis, the Sensitivity Matrix Method is investigated for 3D problems. In MREIT, the use of the Sensitivity Matrix Method is not common for 3D problems. This is because of the fact that for 3D problems the Sensitivity Matrix Method requires large memory space and long calculation time. Calculation of the sensitivity matrix is the most time consuming part of this method. Therefore in this thesis, a modification is proposed in order to reduce the calculation time of the sensitivity matrix. Since the sensitivity matrix will be calculated at each iteration, this modification speeds up the algorithm significantly. Also by making several assumptions regarding the conductivity distribution of the object, the problem may be further reduced. In this thesis, conductivity distribution inside the object is assumed to be z-invariant (z is the direction of the main magnetic field of the MRI system).Thus the dimension of the sensitivity matrix and the time required to calculate the conductivity distribution inside the object significantly decrease. Another problem with the application of the Sensitivity Matrix Method is that the magnetic flux density calculated by subtracting the calculated magnetic flux density (for the assumed initial conductivity distribution) from the measured one has errors. These erros are results of the boundary mismatches between the simulation object and the real object, inaccuracies in calculations and measurement artifacts. In this thesis, use of a multichannel current source is proposed in order to reduce these errors. Using the multichannel current source not only reduces the errors due to the boundary mismatches and other reasons but also sustains a nearly uniform current distribution inside the object.
dc.description.degreeM.S.en_US
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dc.description.statementofresponsibility Mustafa Rıdvan Cantaşen_US
dc.format.extentxii, 62 leaves, illustrations ; 30 cm.en_US
dc.identifier.itemidB131815
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/18309
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherBilkent Universityen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectMagnetic Resonance Electrical Impedance Tomography (MREIT)
dc.subjectMagnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
dc.subjectMultichannel Current Source
dc.subjectSensitivity Matrix Method (SMM)
dc.subjectModified Sensitivity Matrix Method (MSMM)
dc.titleModified 3D sensitivity matrix method and use of multichannel current source for magnetic resonance electrical impedance tomography (MREIT)en_US
dc.title.alternativeDeğiştirilmiş 3B hassasiyet matrisi metodu ve çok kanallı akım kaynağının manyetik rezonans elektriksel empedans tomografi (MREET) için kullanılması
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