TOMOGRAFÍA: MÁS ALLÁ DE LAS APLICACIONES MÉDICAS

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Main Author: Franklin Gavilánez
Format: Artículo científico
Language:es
Published: Universidad Politécnica Salesiana 2009
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contents TOMOGRAFÍA: MÁS ALLÁ DE LAS APLICACIONES MÉDICAS Franklin Gavilánez Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) T om o graphy using CT scans and MRI scans is now well-known as a me dical diag nostic tool which allows f o r d etection of tumors and other ab no rmalities in a noninvasive way, providing very detailed images of the inside of the body using low dosage X-rays and magnetic fields. They ha- ve both also been used for determi- nation of material defects in mode- r at e siz e o b jects. In medical and ot- he r ap plicat io ns the y c o mplement conventional tomography. There are many situations where one wants to mo nit or the electrical conductivity of different portions of an object, for instance, to find out whether a metal o b je c t, p ossib l y larg e, has invisible cracks. This kind of tomography, us ual ly called Electrical Impedance T omography or EIT, has also medical ap plications like monitoring of b lo o d flo w . While CT and MRI are related to Euclidean geometry, EIT is closely related to hyperbolic geo- metry. A question that has arisen in the recent past is whether there is si- milar “topographic” method to mo- nitor the “health” of networks. Our objective is to explain how EIT ideas can in fa ct effectively be used in this context. 2009 artículo científico 1390-3837 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=476150830008 es http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=4761 Universitas-XXI, Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas application/pdf Universidad Politécnica Salesiana Universitas-XXI, Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas (Ecuador) Num.11
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spellingShingle TOMOGRAFÍA: MÁS ALLÁ DE LAS APLICACIONES MÉDICAS
Franklin Gavilánez
Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales)
TOMOGRAFÍA: MÁS ALLÁ DE LAS APLICACIONES MÉDICAS Franklin Gavilánez Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) T om o graphy using CT scans and MRI scans is now well-known as a me dical diag nostic tool which allows f o r d etection of tumors and other ab no rmalities in a noninvasive way, providing very detailed images of the inside of the body using low dosage X-rays and magnetic fields. They ha- ve both also been used for determi- nation of material defects in mode- r at e siz e o b jects. In medical and ot- he r ap plicat io ns the y c o mplement conventional tomography. There are many situations where one wants to mo nit or the electrical conductivity of different portions of an object, for instance, to find out whether a metal o b je c t, p ossib l y larg e, has invisible cracks. This kind of tomography, us ual ly called Electrical Impedance T omography or EIT, has also medical ap plications like monitoring of b lo o d flo w . While CT and MRI are related to Euclidean geometry, EIT is closely related to hyperbolic geo- metry. A question that has arisen in the recent past is whether there is si- milar “topographic” method to mo- nitor the “health” of networks. Our objective is to explain how EIT ideas can in fa ct effectively be used in this context. 2009 artículo científico 1390-3837 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=476150830008 es http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=4761 Universitas-XXI, Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas application/pdf Universidad Politécnica Salesiana Universitas-XXI, Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas (Ecuador) Num.11
title TOMOGRAFÍA: MÁS ALLÁ DE LAS APLICACIONES MÉDICAS
topic Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales)
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=476150830008