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<p>Monitoring a biological tissue as a three dimensional (3D) model is of high importance. Both the measurement technique and the measuring electrode play substantial roles in providing accurate 3D measurements. Bioimpedance spectroscopy has proven to be a noninvasive method providing the possibility of monitoring a 3D construct in a real time manner. On the other hand, advances in electrode fabrication has made it possible to use flexible electrodes with different configurations, which makes 3D measurements possible. However, designing an experimental measurement set-up for monitoring a 3D construct can be costly and time consuming and would require many tissue models. Finite element modeling methods provide a simple alternative for studying the performance of the electrode and the measurement set-up before starting with the experimental measurements. Therefore, in this study we employed the COMSOL Multiphysics finite element modeling method for simulating the effects of changing the electrode configuration on the impedance spectroscopy measurements of a venous segment. For this purpose, the simulations were performed for models with different electrode configurations. The simulation results provided us with the possibility of finding the optimal electrode configuration including the geometry, number and dimensions of the electrodes, which can be later employed in the experimental measurement set-up.</p>
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Monitoring a biological tissue as a three dimensional (3D) model is of high importance. Both the measurement technique and the measuring electrode play substantial roles in providing accurate 3D measurements. Bioimpedance spectroscopy has proven to be a noninvasive method providing the possibility of monitoring a 3D construct in a real time manner. On the other hand, advances in electrode fabrication has made it possible to use flexible electrodes with different configurations, which makes 3D measurements possible. However, designing an experimental measurement set-up for monitoring a 3D construct can be costly and time consuming and would require many tissue models. Finite element modeling methods provide a simple alternative for studying the performance of the electrode and the measurement set-up before starting with the experimental measurements. Therefore, in this study we employed the COMSOL Multiphysics finite element modeling method for simulating the effects of changing the electrode configuration on the impedance spectroscopy measurements of a venous segment. For this purpose, the simulations were performed for models with different electrode configurations. The simulation results provided us with the possibility of finding the optimal electrode configuration including the geometry, number and dimensions of the electrodes, which can be later employed in the experimental measurement set-up.

Finite element simulation of the impedance response of a vascular segment as a function of changes in electrode configuration

Department of Clinical and Biomedical Engineering, Rikshospitalet

Journal of Electrical Bioimpedance

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Monitoring a biological tissue as a three dimensional (3D) model is of high importance. Both the measurement technique and the measuring electrode play...

Finite element simulation of the impedance response of a vascular segment as a function of changes in electrode configuration

Published Online: Dec 31, 2020

Page range: 112 - 131

Received: Nov 20, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/joeb-2020-0017

Keywords
Bioimpedance, finite element simulation, electrode configuration

© 2020 M. Amini et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Finite element simulation of the impedance response of a vascular segment as a function of changes in electrode configuration

Published Online: Dec 31, 2020

Page range: 112 - 131

Received: Nov 20, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/joeb-2020-0017

KeywordsBioimpedance, finite element simulation, electrode configuration

© 2020 M. Amini et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Bioimpedance, finite element simulation, electrode configuration