IMPROVED ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND DIAGNOSING DISEASES

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved method and apparatus for detecting and diagnosing disease states in a living organism by using a plurality of electrical impedance measurements. SOLUTION: The diagnosing method is provided for an improved electrode array for diagnosing the presence of a d...

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Main Authors SAFAEE-RAD REZA, GRAOVAC MILAN, SMITH KENNETH C, GAVRILOV ILYA, DARMOS GEORGE P, ORGAN LESLIE W
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 09.10.2008
Subjects
DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved method and apparatus for detecting and diagnosing disease states in a living organism by using a plurality of electrical impedance measurements. SOLUTION: The diagnosing method is provided for an improved electrode array for diagnosing the presence of a disease state in the human breast, and discloses a method of application of the array to the breast that ensures that the multiplicity of impedance measurements obtained from a first body part correspond as precisely and reproducibly as possible to the multiplicity of impedance measurements that are obtained from another, homologous, second body part. A number of diagnostic methods based on homologous electrical difference analysis are disclosed, including the calculation of a number of metrics used to indicate disease states by comparison with pre-established threshold values, and the construction of a number of graphical displays for indicating the location of disease to a body part sector. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20080136378