Magnetic resonance-conductivity imaging using 0.15 tesla MRI scanner

A novel imaging method for electrical impedance tomography is implemented. In this method, the magnetic flux density generated by current flowing in a 2D slice is measured using a MRI scanner and the recorded data is used to reconstruct relative conductivity images. The measurements are done from all parts of the imaging region, and therefore sensitivity is space independent. The magnetic flux density is extracted from phase images of the MRI image and a sensitivity based image reconstruction algorithm is used to reconstruct relative conductivity images. The magnetic flux density measured and the conductivity image reconstructed for an insulator object placed in the middle of the imaging region are presented.