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GB2138148B - Method and apparatus for deriving currents and potentials representative of the impedance of zones of a body - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for deriving currents and potentials representative of the impedance of zones of a body

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GB2138148B
GB2138148B GB08409657A GB8409657A GB2138148B GB 2138148 B GB2138148 B GB 2138148B GB 08409657 A GB08409657 A GB 08409657A GB 8409657 A GB8409657 A GB 8409657A GB 2138148 B GB2138148 B GB 2138148B
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zones
impedance
potentials representative
deriving currents
deriving
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Denis Nigel Smith
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/05—Detecting, measuring or recording for diagnosis by means of electric currents or magnetic fields; Measuring using microwaves or radio waves
    • A61B5/053—Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of a portion of the body
    • A61B5/0536—Impedance imaging, e.g. by tomography
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/05—Detecting, measuring or recording for diagnosis by means of electric currents or magnetic fields; Measuring using microwaves or radio waves
    • A61B5/053—Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of a portion of the body
    • A61B5/0535—Impedance plethysmography

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  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
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  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
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  • Hematology (AREA)
  • Measurement And Recording Of Electrical Phenomena And Electrical Characteristics Of The Living Body (AREA)
GB08409657A 1983-04-13 1984-04-13 Method and apparatus for deriving currents and potentials representative of the impedance of zones of a body Expired GB2138148B (en)

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GB838309927A GB8309927D0 (en) 1983-04-13 1983-04-13 Determination of internal structure of bounded objects
GB08409657A GB2138148B (en) 1983-04-13 1984-04-13 Method and apparatus for deriving currents and potentials representative of the impedance of zones of a body

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GB2138148B true GB2138148B (en) 1986-07-30

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732 Registration of transactions, instruments or events in the register (sect. 32/1977)
732 Registration of transactions, instruments or events in the register (sect. 32/1977)
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 19930413