Preliminary results from an EIT breast imaging simulation system

An electrical impedance tomography (EIT) simulation system for breast imaging has been developed using impedance data from a previous study and a finite-element model (FEM). This system has the functionality to construct various models of the breast, image the boundary voltages developed from any injection schema and provide parametric Cole-Cole modelling. Simulations indicate that breast carcinoma can be imaged and multi-frequency Cole-Cole dispersion data can be extracted. This is intended as the first stage towards providing an artificial intelligence based system capable of producing clinically relevant analytical data.