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ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCE VOLUME TOMOGRAPHY OF HIGH CONTRAST DIELECTRICS USING A CUBOID GEOMETRY

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Date Issued:
2007
Abstract/Description:
An Electrical Capacitance Volume Tomography system has been created for use with a new image reconstruction algorithm capable of imaging high contrast dielectric distributions. The electrode geometry consists of two 4 x 4 parallel planes of copper conductors connected through custom built switch electronics to a commercially available capacitance to digital converter. Typical electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) systems rely solely on mutual capacitance readings to reconstruct images of dielectric distributions. This dissertation presents a method of reconstructing images of high contrast dielectric materials using only the self capacitance measurements. By constraining the unknown dielectric material to one of two values, the inverse problem is no longer ill-determined. Resolution becomes limited only by the accuracy and resolution of the measurement circuitry. Images were reconstructed using this method with both synthetic and real data acquired using an aluminum structure inserted at different positions within the sensing region. Comparisons with standard two dimensional ECT systems highlight the capabilities and limitations of the electronics and reconstruction algorithm.
Title: ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCE VOLUME TOMOGRAPHY OF HIGH CONTRAST DIELECTRICS USING A CUBOID GEOMETRY.
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Name(s): Nurge, Mark, Author
Schelling, Patrick, Committee Chair
University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Date Issued: 2007
Publisher: University of Central Florida
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: An Electrical Capacitance Volume Tomography system has been created for use with a new image reconstruction algorithm capable of imaging high contrast dielectric distributions. The electrode geometry consists of two 4 x 4 parallel planes of copper conductors connected through custom built switch electronics to a commercially available capacitance to digital converter. Typical electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) systems rely solely on mutual capacitance readings to reconstruct images of dielectric distributions. This dissertation presents a method of reconstructing images of high contrast dielectric materials using only the self capacitance measurements. By constraining the unknown dielectric material to one of two values, the inverse problem is no longer ill-determined. Resolution becomes limited only by the accuracy and resolution of the measurement circuitry. Images were reconstructed using this method with both synthetic and real data acquired using an aluminum structure inserted at different positions within the sensing region. Comparisons with standard two dimensional ECT systems highlight the capabilities and limitations of the electronics and reconstruction algorithm.
Identifier: CFE0001591 (IID), ucf:47119 (fedora)
Note(s): 2007-05-01
Ph.D.
Sciences, Department of Physics
Doctorate
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Subject(s): electrical capacitance volume tomography
electrical capacitance tomography
image reconstruction
high contrast dielectrics
iterative algorithm
inverse problem
self-capacitance
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0001591
Restrictions on Access: public
Host Institution: UCF

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