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It has been shown that it is possible to obtain information about the distribution of impedance within an object by measuring the voltage or the current on electrodes spaced on the object coming from a current or a voltage source. (Brown and Barber 1982, Barber and Brown 1984)
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Blad, B., Bertenstam, L., Persson, B.R.R. (1990). Development of an Electrical Impedance Tomography System for Noninvasive Temperature Monitoring of Hyperthermia Treatments. In: Bicher, H.I., McLaren, J.R., Pigliucci, G.M. (eds) Consensus on Hyperthermia for the 1990s. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 267. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5766-7_23
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