Encephalic hemodynamic monitoring using electrical impedance tomography

• Grant number: 17/18378-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Effective date (Start): April 01, 2018
• Effective date (End): September 30, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Biomedical Engineering - Bioengineering
• Acordo de Cooperação: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Fernando Silva de Moura
• Grantee: Roberto Gutierrez Beraldo
• Host Institution: Centro de Engenharia, Modelagem e Ciências Sociais Aplicadas (CECS). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Santo André , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Continuous cerebral hemodynamics monitoring is important to quickly detect cerebral blood flow alterations, speeding up the doctor's decision-making on the pacient's treatment. Since some techniques for monitoring cannot be done bedside and continuously, Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) appears as a promising candidate for this task. This work will investigate cerebral hemodynamics detection capacity by EIT, quantitatively evaluating changes in circulation caused by ischemia in regions of the brain and the dilation of blood vessels by blood pressure waves in the neck and brain arteries.Differential and absolute images of EIT will be evaluated for monitoring.For the generation of absolute images, Newton-Raphson's method or its variants will be used and, for differential images, a sensitivity method. Prior statistical information will be introduced for the solution of the ill-posed inverse problem associated with imagegeneration.Initially, numerical phantoms of normal and pathological conditions will be made to evaluate the ability of EIT to detect changes in circulation.Then, an experimental phantom already developed by the research group will be employed.The resulting images will be evaluated and compared with the literature using figures of merit already established by the EIT area community. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MOURA, FERNANDO S.; BERALDO, ROBERTO G.; FERREIRA, LEONARDO A.; SILTANEN, SAMULI. Anatomical atlas of the upper part of the human head for electroencephalography and bioimpedance applications. Physiological Measurement, v. 42, n. 10, OCT 1 2021. (17/18378-0, 19/09154-7)