Electrical Resistance Tomography for the Visualization of Two-Phase Fields with an Adaptive Mesh Grouping Scheme

S.I. Kang, B.S. Kim, M.C. Kim, S. Kim, B.J. Chung, J.W. Park, Y.L. Lee, and K.Y. Kim (Korea)

Keywords

Electrical Resistance Tomography, Gauss-Newton Algorithm, Adaptive Mesh Grouping

Abstract

The objective in electrical resistance tomography (ERT) is to reconstruct the cross-sectional resistivity distribution inside the object using current and voltage measurements made from the boundary. Although ERT has inherent advantages of high-speed data acquisition (good temporal resolution) and low-cost requirements, the spatial resolution is not comparable to other imaging techniques and remains as challenging problem. In this paper, a novel method is presented to enhance the spatial resolution in static electrical resistance tomography for the visualization of two-phase fields. This method is based on the adaptive mesh-grouping scheme in the Gauss-Newton algorithm. Extensive computer simulations are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.

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