Numerical modeling of magnetic induction tomography using the impedance method
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Published on: January 25, 2012
Airton Ramos1, Julia G B Wolff
1Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Santa Catarina State, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil. airton_ramos@joinville.udesc.br
Abstract:
This article discusses the impedance method in the forward calculation in magnetic induction tomography (MIT). Magnetic field and eddy current distributions were obtained numerically for a sphere in the field of a coil and were compared with an analytical model. Additionally, numerical and experimental results for phase sensitivity in MIT were obtained and compared for a cylindrical object in a planar array of sensors. The results showed that the impedance method provides results that agree very well with reality in the frequency range from 100 kHz to 20 MHz and for low conductivity objects (10 S/m or less). This opens the possibility of using this numerical approach in image reconstruction in MIT.
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