TIANJIN UNIVERSITY

Seeing inside processes with electrical fields

We develop electrical tomography — ECT, ERT, EIT and EMT — from sensing hardware and high-speed data-acquisition systems to image reconstruction algorithms, for industrial multiphase-flow measurement and biomedical impedance imaging.

Research

What we work on

Electrical tomography reconstructs the interior distribution of electrical properties of a process from boundary measurements — non-intrusive, fast, and low-cost.

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Sensing Systems

Design of ECT / ERT / EIT / EMT sensor arrays and high-performance digital data-acquisition systems based on FPGA platforms.

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Image Reconstruction

Reconstruction algorithms from classical linear back-projection and regularized inversion to deep-learning approaches such as GANs.

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Multiphase Flow

Phase distribution, flow-regime identification and velocity measurement in gas–solid, gas–liquid and oil–water flows, including dual-modality ERT/ECT.

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Biomedical Impedance

Electrical impedance tomography for lung monitoring and biomedical applications, with regularization tailored to chest imaging.

Tools

Online solvers

Browser-based finite-element solvers developed by the group — no installation required.

ECT

ECT Forward-Problem Solver

Finite-element forward solver for electrical capacitance tomography: define sensor geometry and permittivity distribution, compute inter-electrode capacitances.

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ERT

ERT Forward-Problem Solver

Finite-element forward solver for electrical resistance tomography: electrode excitation, conductive domain modeling, and boundary-voltage computation.

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Publications

Selected publications

2021
Generative adversarial networks for dual-modality electrical tomography in multi-phase flow measurement
Z Xia, Z Cui, Y Chen, Y Hu, H Wang
Measurement 173, 108608
2019
An improved Tikhonov regularization method for lung cancer monitoring using electrical impedance tomography
B Sun, S Yue, Z Hao, Z Cui, H Wang
IEEE Sensors Journal 19 (8), 3049–3057
2019
Adaptive regularization for electrical impedance tomography
J Li, S Yue, M Ding, Z Cui, H Wang
IEEE Sensors Journal 19 (24), 12297–12305
2016
A review on image reconstruction algorithms for electrical capacitance/resistance tomography
Z Cui, Q Wang, Q Xue, W Fan, L Zhang, Z Cao, B Sun, H Wang, W Yang
Sensor Review 36 (4), 429–445
2015
A new linear back projection algorithm to electrical tomography based on measuring data decomposition
B Sun, S Yue, Z Cui, H Wang
Measurement Science and Technology 26 (12), 125402
2015
Electrical capacitance tomography with differential sensor
Z Cui, H Wang, W Yin
IEEE Sensors Journal 15 (9), 5087–5094
2012
Image reconstruction based on L1 regularization and projection methods for electrical impedance tomography
Q Wang, H Wang, R Zhang, J Wang, Y Zheng, Z Cui, C Yang
Review of Scientific Instruments 83 (10)
2011
A high-performance digital system for electrical capacitance tomography
Z Cui, H Wang, Z Chen, Y Xu, W Yang
Measurement Science and Technology 22 (5), 055503
Contact

Get in touch

Electrical Tomography Group · Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
For instrumentation and industrial solutions developed with the group, see our industry partner Tianjin Youyi Technology (iptomo.com).