Conference on Biomedical Applications of Electrical Impedance Tomography, University College London, June 22 – 24^th, 2005.

Final scientific programme 6^th international conference on Biomedical Applications of EIT.

Programme

All lectures will be in the Anatomy Lecture Theatre, UCL. All Tea and Coffee breaks and lunches will be in Old Refectory, UCL. (Maps and directions are in the separate document, Information for Delegates.)

		Wednesday, June 22^nd
12.00 p.m. on		Registration, Old Refectory, UCL
12.30 - 2.00 p.m.		Lunch, Old Refectory
1.55 p.m		Welcome and opening of conference.
2.00 - 3.30 p.m.		Reconstruction Algorithms 1 : EIDORS and the GRID
		Chairman : David Isaacson
2.00 p.m.		EIDORS: Towards a community-based extensible software base for EIT
		Andy Adler, William R.B. Lionheart
2.15		How to cheat in EIT reconstruction
		WRB Lionheart, A Adler
2.30		Use of computational GRID technologies
		M Molinari, SJ Cox
2.45		Applications of GRID in Clinical Neurophysiology and Electrical Impedance Tomography of brain function
		Juan Fritschy, Marzia De Lucia, Lior Horesh, Richard Bayford, David Holder
3.00 - 3.30		Discussion
3.30 - 4.00		Tea, Old Refectory
4.00 - 6.00 p.m.		Reconstruction Algorithms II
		Chairman : Bill Lionheart
4.00		Selecting the regularisation parameter for linear Electrical Impedance Tomography of brain function
		J F P J Abascal, S Arridge, D Holder, R Bayford,
4.15		Hyperparameter selection in EIT
		Brad Graham, Andy Adler
4.30		Image Reconstruction in Electrical Impedance Tomography Using the Full Set of Maxwell's Equations.
		N. K. Soni, K. D. Paulsen, H. Dehghani, A. Hartov
4.45		A 3-D Reconstruction algorithm for EIT using planar electrode arrays
		Tzu-Jen Kao, D. Isaacson, J.C. Newell, and G. J. Saulnier
5.00		D-Bar Reconstructions of Cardiac Activity
		D. Isaacson , J. Mueller, J.Newell, and S. Siltanen
5.15		Direct reconstruction of tissue parameters from differential multifrequency EIT in vivo
		Michael Mayer, Patricia Brunner, Hermann Scharfetter
5.30 - 6.00		Discussion
6.30 - 7.15 p.m.		Meet at Jeremy Bentham pub (across Gower Street from the Lecture Theatre) (optional)
7.25 p.m.		Depart from the Jeremy Bentham pub for 5 minute walk to restaurant
7.30 p.m.		Dinner at Zizzi Restaurant, 33 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 1RR.
		(This is 5 mins walk from Soho and the West End, with excellent Jazz and Nightlife
		for anyone feeling energetic after the meal).
		Thursday June 23rd
8.30 – 10.30 a.m.		Instrumentation : General/brain function
		Chairman : Eung-Je Woo
8.30		ACT4: A High-Precision, Multi-frequency Electrical Impedance Tomograph
		Ning Liu, Gary J. Saulnier, Jonathan C. Newell
8.45		The User Interface of ACT4
		Hongjun Xia, J.C. Newell, and G. J. Saulnier
9.00		Breast Imaging with High Frequency EIT
		Ryan Halter, Alex Hartov, Nirmal Soni, Hamid Dehghani, Keith D. Paulsen
9.15		Multi-frequency EIT and TAS Hardware Development
		T. I. Oh, J. S. Lee, Eung Je Woo, O. Kwon and J. K. Seo
9.30		Novel current driver suitable for EIT applications
		N. Terzopoulos, K. Hayatleh, B. Hart, F. J. Lidgey and C Mcleod
9.45		Specification and calibration of a Multi-frequency EIT system for stroke
		Alistair McEwan, Rebecca Yerworth, Andrea Romsauerova, Richard Bayford, David Holder
10.00		A Novel and Portable Device for Real-Time, Noninvasive Stroke Assessment
		Gorgio Bonmassar, Sunao Iwaki, Leonardo Angelone, John W Belliveau, Judith D Schaecter, Michael H Lev
10.15 - 10.30		Discussion
10.30 - 11.00		Coffee in Old Refectory; authors by posters on display
11.00 – 1.00 p.m.		Clinical Applications I : Brain function
		Chairman : Jonathan Newell
11.00		Stroke type detection by Multi-Frequency Electrical Impedance Tomography MFEIT - a feasibility study
		L Horesh , O Gilad, A Romsauerova, A Tizzard, S R Arridge, and D S Holder
11.15		Characterization of an EIT system for acute stroke imaging in patients with brain tumours, arteriovenous malformations, and chronic stroke
		Andrea Romsauerova, Rebecca Yerworth, David Holder
11.30		EIT during epileptic seizures: not an easy task
		L Fabrizi, M Sparkes, J F Perez Juste-Abascal, L Horesh, D Holder
11.45		Detection of tissue ablation after cryosurgery
		Jon Edd and Boris Rubinsky
12.00		Fast functional imaging of the brain by Electrical Impedance Tomography
		Hugh McCann, Nicholas Polydorides, Juan Carlos Murrieta-Lee, Paul C.W. Beatty, and Chris J.D. Pomfrett
12.15		Could synchronized neuronal activity be imaged using low frequency electrical impedance tomography (LFEIT)?
		Ori Gilad, Lior Horsh Gershon Ahadzi, Richard Bayford and David Holder
12.30 – 1.00		Discussion
1.00 – 2.00 pm		Lunch Old Refectory; meet en route at 1.05 on main steps on quadrangle for group photo
2.00 – 4.00 p.m.		Clinical Applications II : Thorax
		Chairman : Huw Griffiths
2.00		EITviewer: towards a clinical visualization tool for thoracic EIT
		H.R. van Genderingen and J.P.A. Verbunt
2.15		Study of the optimum level of electrode placement for the evaluation of absolute lung impedance with Mk3.5 EIT system
		S Nebuya, M Noshiro, B H Brown, R H Smallwood, P Milnes
2.30		Dynamic Electrical Impedance Imaging of a Chest Phantom using the Kalman Filter
		Bong Seok Kim, Kyung Youn Kim, Tzu-Jen Kao, Jonathan C. Newell, and David Isaacson
2.45		Imaging pathologic pulmonary air and fluid accumulation by EIT
		G. Hahn, A. Just, T. Dudykevych, I. Frerichs and G. Hellige
3.00		Clinical applications of thoracic Electrical Impedance Tomography
		H. Luepschen, T. Meier, M. Grossherr, T. Leibecke, H. Gehring, S. Leonhardt
3.15		The effect of continuous positive airways pressure (CPAP) on absolute lung resistivity and calculated air volume
		G H Mills, J Seidel, P Whiting, S Ilavajady, N Barron, A Joshi, F Mohammed, P Milnes, BH Brown
3.30 - 4.00		Discussion
4.30 - 6.00		Clinical Applications III : Other areas
		Chairman : Javier Rosell
4.30		EIT analysis using Statistical Parametric Mapping
		Yerworth R, Horesh L Yan Zhang Z, Bayford R and Holder D.
4.45		Towards a practical electrical impedance spectrometer for routine clinical use
		Peter Milnes, Anna M Massey, Brian H Brown, John A Tidy, Summi Abdul
5.00		Extending the range of test meals for EIT of gastric emptying by optimisation of the applied frequency
		Soulsby C, Romsauerova A, Yerworth R, Horesh L, Evans D, Holder D
5.15		Stroke Volume Measurement using EIT - a computer simulation and experimental validation
		Zlochiver S, Sokolovski R, Abboud S.
5.30 - 6.00		Discussion
6.30 - 7.15 p.m.		Meet at Jeremy Bentham pub (across Gower Street from the Lecture Theatre) (optional)
7.20 p.m.		Depart from the Jeremy Bentham pub for 8 minute walk to restaurant
7.25 p.m.		Collect any stragglers from Ramsay Hall, Student Residence, Maple Street.
7.30 p.m.		Dinner at Efes Restaurant, 80-82 Great Titchfield Street, London, W1W 7QT.
		Friday, June 24^th
9.00 - 10.45 a.m.		MIT & MR-EIT I
		Chairman : Alexander Korjenevsky
9.00		Solution of the inverse problem of magnetic induction tomography (MIT) in silicio and in vitro
		R. Merwa, J. Rosell, P. Brunner, K. Hollaus and Hermann Scharfetter
9.15		Sensitivity distributions within conducting volumes for annular Magnetic Induction Tomography arrays
		S Watson, H Griffiths, R J Williams
9.30		A nonlinear image reconstruction applied to experimental data of magneticinduction tomography
		Manuchehr Soleimani, William B Lionheart
9.45		Reconstruction of the shape of conductivity spectra using differential multi-frequency MIT
		Patricia Brunner, Robert Merwa, Javier Rosell and Hermann Scharfetter
10.00		Systematic errors in frequency-differential imaging with magnetic induction tomography (MIT)
		Hermann Scharfetter
10.15 - 10.45		Discussion
10.45 - 11.15		Coffee Old Refectory
11.15 - 1.00 p.m.		MIT & MR-EIT II
		Chairman : Hermann Scharfetter
11.15		Design, construction and evaluation of a Magnetic Induction Spectroscopy system
		M Völker, S Watson, R J Williams, H Griffiths and O Dössel
11.30		Planar-array MIT system with normal sensor alignment for vital signs detection
		C.H. Igney, R. Pinter, J. Mühlsteff, A. Brauers and O. Such
11.45		A multifrequency magnetic induction tomography system using planar gradiometers: data collection and calibration
		J. Rosell, R. Merwa, P. Brunner and H. Scharfetter
12.00		Magnetic Resonance Electrical Impedance Tomography of the Breast
		B. I. Lee, S. H. Oh, T. S. Kim, S. Y. Lee, E. J. Woo, O. Kwon and J. K. Seo
12.15		MREIT at High Field Strength: Preliminary Study using 11T and 17.6T MRI
		R. Sadleir, S. U. Zhang, S. C. Grant, X. Silver, S. H. Oh, B. I. Lee,S. Y. Lee and E. J. Woo
12.30 - 12.55 pm		Discussion
12.55 p.m.		Closing remarks - David Holder, Richard Bayford & Eung-Je Woo
1.00 - 2.00 p.m.		Lunch
		Posters
Posters should be put up between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22nd and may be taken down after 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 23^rd
Presenters should be present at the posters during coffee, Thursday 23rd, 10.30 - 11.00 a.m.
1	Assessment of cerebral bioelectrical impedance
	Bartosz Sokol, Stanislaw Nowak, Roman Jankowski
2	A Survey of Digital Techniques in Medical EIT
	Mandana Rafiei Naeini
3	EIT in healthy subjects
	Podebska Izabela, Genderungen, Heethaar
4	Simulation study of magnetic induction method for measuring the conductivity of brain tissue with FDTD
	Qin Ming-Xin, Jiao Li-Cheng, Wang Hai-Bing, Lv Hua
5	OXBACT-5 A FPGA based Wireless LAN linked EIT Data Acquisition System
	Chris McLeod and Xicai Yue,
6	Application of a SIRT based image reconstruction algorithm to EIT data
	Anita Just