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Abstract #4177

Localized Electrical Property Retrieval Theories and Numerical Examples

Shao Ying Huang1, Elfar Adalsteinsson2, Berkin Bilgic2, Shaohui Foong1, Lawrence L. Wald3

1Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, Singapore; 2Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States; 3Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, United States


In our work, we propose a new method to retrieve electrical properties of tissues when the half phase assumption holds, termed Localized Electrical Property Retrieval (LEPR). For this method, only surface integration is needed rather than a volume one. Furthermore, the surface integrals can be chosen so that only B1+ or B1- is needed, meaning it does not require the z-component of the magnetic field, which is similar to electric properties tomography (EPT). In this abstract, the theory of LEPR is presented in detail. Under the tested simulation data where ground-truth is known, the LEPR maps out-perform EPT.