Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, pages 46-55

Measuring Stroke Volume Using Electrical Impedance Tomography

H. Luepschen ¹

S Leonhardt ²

C. Putensen ¹

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Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany |

Medical Information Technology Helmholtz-Insitute, RWTH University, Aachen, Germany |

Publication type: Book Chapter

Publication date: 2010-06-26

Springer Nature

Journal: Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

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ISSN: 09425381

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10286-8_5

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Abstract

Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) of the lungs is a bedside-available, noninvasive, and radiation-free medical imaging modality which allows real-time imaging of electrical impedance (i.e., resistance to alternating currents) changes in the thorax [1]. During breathing, lung tissue, with its relatively high impedance oscillations, is the main contributor to these changes which has led to a multitude of applications in monitoring regional lung ventilation [2–5, for review see 6, 7].