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International Journal of Biomedical Imaging
Volume 2017, Article ID 3589324, 19 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/3589324
Research Article

A Multitasking Electrical Impedance Tomography System Using Titanium Alloy Electrode

Abdalla Salama,1 Amin Malekmohammadi,1 Shahram Mohanna,2 and Rajprasad Rajkumar1

1Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia
2Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran

Correspondence should be addressed to Abdalla Salama; ym.ude.mahgnitton@lma3xcek

Received 17 July 2017; Accepted 25 September 2017; Published 31 October 2017

Academic Editor: A. K. Louis

Copyright © 2017 Abdalla Salama et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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