Imaging low-conductivity materials in Magnetic Induction Tomography - LCOMIT

磁感应层析成像(MIT)是一种对物体横截面电导率进行成像的技术。麻省理工学院从载流线圈施加磁场，在物体中感应涡流，然后由其他线圈阵列感应。根据这些信号，重建了电导率的图像。这项提议汇集了麻省理工学院来自曼彻斯特和南威尔士的两个世界领先的团队，他们的项目旨在解决让麻省理工学院使用低电导率材料(&lt；10 S/米)可靠运行的基本理论和实践问题。这项研究的成功可能会在麻省理工学院的应用方面向前迈出一大步，在生物组织成像和工业过程中带来新的机会。将研究三个具体的应用领域：一个是生物医学，用于急性脑中风的成像；一个是玻璃生产，用于监测工艺参数以确保产品质量；另一个是石油工业，用于对油气管道中的工艺水进行成像。

Magnetic induction tomography (MIT) is a technique for imaging the electrical conductivity in a cross-section of an object. MIT applies a magnetic field from a current-carrying coil to induce eddy currents in the object which are then sensed by an array of other coils. From these signals, an image of conductivity is reconstructed. This proposal brings together two of the world's leading groups in MIT, from Manchester and South Wales, with a programme designed to address the fundamental theoretical and practical problems of making MIT operate reliably with low-conductivity materials (< 10 S/m). The success of this research could produce a major step forward in the application of MIT, with new opportunities in imaging biological tissues and industrial processes. Three specific application areas will be researched: one biomedical, for imaging acute cerebral stroke, one in glass production, for monitoring process parameters to ensure product quality, and one in the oil industry for imaging the process water in an oil/gas pipeline.