Mathematical Physics and Harmonic Analysis Seminar

Date: January 27, 2017

Time: 1:50PM - 2:50PM

Location: BLOC 628

Speaker: Prof. L. Kunyansky, University of Arizona

Title: Lorentz force impedance tomography in 2D: Theory and Experiments

Abstract: We will start with a brief overview of the emerging family of "multi-physics" modalities of medical imaging. After discussing the general ideas underlying these techniques, and the advantages they promise to deliver, we will concentrate on the Lorentz force impedance tomography --- a novel modality that should yield stable, high-resolution images of the conductivity distribution in the tissues. After a short theoretical introduction into the Lorentz force tomography, I will present the design of a simplified 2D MAET scanner we have built, and will discuss new mathematical problems associated with this device, and the methods that can be used to solve them. (Joint work with R.S. Witte and C.P. Ingram)