Elisabeth Smela

Electrical Impedance Tomography for Tactile Imaging (eBook, ePUB)

A primer for experimentalists

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a technique that can be employed in tactile sensing to create an image of impedance changes within a continuous sensor using electrodes placed only at the perimeter. This is advantageous for soft sensing "e-skins" being developed for applications such as robotics and human-machine interactions. This book covers the basics of EIT from the perspective of sensor applications for an audience of experimentalists who make such systems. After an introduction to tactile imaging with electronic skins and the uses to which EIT has been put for tactile imaging, the subsequent chapters delve into the theory and practicalities of EIT, with topics beginning at data collection and how the data are converted to images, then moving on to how noise affects the images, how noise is handled, and how measurement system parameters and the characteristics of the tactile contacts affect imaging outcomes. Extensive detail and examples are provided, since understanding how the EIT algorithms work facilitates obtaining meaningful images from the sensors.

There are two main motivations for the book. First, while EIT was originally developed for medical diagnostics, it has more recently been adopted fortactile imaging, which has some distinct requirements and challenges. Second, there is a need to have the fundamental concepts explained at a basic level, and all in one place. This book does not require a high level of mathematical expertise, making it an accessible text for students and newcomers to the field. Both contributions should lead to greater advances in the use of EIT for sensor applications.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780750354028
• Artikelnr.: 69950210

Autorenporträt

Elisabeth Smela is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland. She received a BS in physics from MIT and aPhD in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr Smela then worked as a research scientist in Linköping, Sweden and in Risø, Denmark before becoming Vice President of Research and Development at Santa Fe Science and Technology, NM. Dr Smela's research interests have focused on polymeric and cell-based sensors and actuators. She has served as Associate Dean for Faculty and Graduate Affairs, Equity Administrator, and Diversity Officer at the University of Maryland. She spent a year as a Jefferson Science Fellow at the Department of State to stand up the US-ASEAN Smart Cities Network. She has recently been working with a group of engineering faculty to better integrate sustainability concepts throughout the undergraduate curriculum.