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- the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for performing impedance measurements, and in particular to performing multiple impedance measurements at a given site to determine the presence, absence or degree of biological anomalies such as tissue lesions, and to allow impedance mapping to be performed accounting for any erroneous measurements.
- bioelectrical impedance This involves measuring the electrical impedance of a subject's body using a series of electrodes placed on the skin surface. Changes in electrical impedance at the body's surface are used to determine parameters, such as changes in fluid levels, associated with the cardiac cycle or oedema, or other conditions which affect body habitus.
- tetrapolar electrode configurations which are routinely used for tissue characterisation.
- the tetrapolar configuration involves injecting a constant drive current between an adjacent pair of electrodes (drive electrodes), and measurement of the resulting potential between another pair of adjacent electrodes (measurement electrodes). This measured potential is dependent on the electrical characteristics of the volume of tissues being analysed.
- the tetrapolar configuration can produce erroneous results in the form of an increase in measured impedance when a low impedance lesion is located between a drive and measurement electrode.
- the present invention seeks to substantially overcome, or at least ameliorate, one or more disadvantages of existing arrangements.
- the present invention seeks to provide a method for use in performing impedance measurements on a subject, the method including, in a processing system:
- the method includes using a tetrapolar electrode arrangement, the first and second electrode configurations using a different configuration of drive and measurement electrodes.
- the method includes, in the processing system, determining an impedance value for each of four electrode configurations.
- the method uses apparatus including a signal generator, a sensor, a switching device and an electrode array having a number of electrodes, and wherein the method includes in the processing system, controlling the electrode configuration by:
- the method includes, in the processing system:
- the method includes, in the processing system:
- the method includes, in the processing system:
- the method includes, in the processing system, for a site having an anomaly, at least one of:
- the method includes, in the processing system:
- the method includes, in the processing system:
- the method includes, in the processing system:
- the impedance values are at least one of:
- the impedance parameter values include at least one of:
- the method includes, in the processing system, determining the impedance parameter values at least in part using the equation:
- the method includes, in the processing system:
- the processing system forms part of a measuring device for performing impedance measurements.
- the anomaly includes any one or a combination of:
- the tissue anomaly is a tissue lesion.
- the impedance measurements are performed using apparatus including an electrode array having a number of electrodes provided thereon, and wherein the method includes, in the processing system, causing impedance measurements to be performed using different ones of the electrodes in the array.
- the method includes:
- the method includes:
- the method includes:
- the apparatus includes a signal generator for generating drive signals, a sensor for sensing measured signals, and a multiplexer, and wherein the method includes, in the processing system selectively interconnecting the signal generator and the sensor to electrodes in the array using the multiplexer.
- the present invention seeks to provide apparatus for use in analysing impedance measurements performed on a subject, the apparatus including a processing system for:
- the apparatus includes:
- processing system is for:
- processing system is for:
- the apparatus typically includes an electrode array having a number of electrodes provided thereon, and wherein in use, selected ones of the electrodes are used as drive and measurement electrodes.
- processing system is for:
- the method includes:
- the method includes:
- the apparatus includes:
- the present invention seeks to provide a method for use diagnosing the presence, absence or degree of a biological anomaly in a subject by using impedance measurements performed on the subject, the method including, in a processing system:
- the broad forms of the invention may be used individually or in combination, and may be used for diagnosis of the presence, absence or degree of a range of conditions and illnesses, including, but not limited to the detection of lesions, tumours, or the like, as well as to allow impedance mapping to be performed more accurately by accounting for erroneous readings.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic of an example of impedance measuring apparatus
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an example of a process for performing impedance measurements
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a second example of a process for performing impedance measurements
- FIG. 4 is a schematic of a specific example of impedance measuring apparatus
- FIGS. 5A and 5B are a flowchart of an example of a process for performing impedance measurements using the apparatus of FIG. 4 ;
- FIGS. 6A to 6D are schematic diagrams of example tetrapolar electrode configurations
- FIGS. 6E to 6J are schematic diagrams of an example of a sequence of electrode configurations used for performing measurements at multiple sites;
- FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an example of a region of red blood cells introduced to a plasma to show visible diffusion
- FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of varying haematocrit value over an area of the electrode array of FIG. 4 ;
- FIG. 9A is a schematic diagram of average R 0 maps for haematocrit of 60% and for the tetrapolar electrode arrangements of FIGS. 6A to 6D ;
- FIG. 9B is a plot of an example of a mean value of R 0 for each impedance map of FIG. 9A against haematocrit concentration
- FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of example impedance maps for plasma with introduced red blood cells in the lower left corner for the tetrapolar electrode arrangements of FIGS. 6A to 6D ;
- FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of an example impedance difference map for use in identifying a tissue anomaly
- FIG. 12A is a schematic diagram of example impedance maps for plasma with an introduced red blood cell clot covering a central electrode
- FIG. 12B is a schematic diagram of example impedance maps for plasma with an introduced red blood cell clot covering four electrodes associated with a respective measurement site;
- FIG. 12C is a schematic diagram of example impedance maps for plasma with an introduced red blood cell clot covering two measurement sites.
- FIG. 1 An example of apparatus suitable for performing an analysis of a subject's bioelectric impedance will now be described with reference to FIG. 1 .
- the apparatus includes a measuring device 100 including a processing system 102 coupled to a signal generator 111 and a sensor 112 .
- the signal generator 111 and the sensor 112 are coupled to first electrodes 113 , 114 , and second electrodes 115 , 116 , provided on a subject S, via respective first leads 123 , 124 , and second leads 125 , 126 .
- connection may be via a switching device 118 , such as a multiplexer, allowing the leads 123 , 124 , 125 , 126 to be selectively interconnected to signal generator 111 and the sensor 112 , although this is not essential, and connections may be made directly between the signal generator 111 , the sensor 112 and the electrodes 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 .
- a switching device 118 such as a multiplexer
- the processing system 102 typically includes a processor 105 , a memory 106 , an input/output device 107 such as a keyboard and display, and an external interface 108 coupled together via a bus 109 , as shown.
- the external interface 108 can be used to allow the processing system 102 to be coupled to the signal generator 111 and the sensor 112 , as well as to allow connection to one or more peripheral devices (not shown), such as an external database, or the like.
- the processing system 102 is adapted to generate control signals, which cause the signal generator 111 to generate one or more alternating drive signals, such as voltage or current signals, which can be applied to a subject S, via two of the electrodes 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 (generally referred to as “drive” electrodes).
- the sensor 112 determines measured signals representing the induced voltage across or current through the subject S, using the other two of the electrodes 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 (generally referred to as “measurement” electrodes) and transfers appropriate signals to the processing system 102 .
- the processing system 102 may be any form of processing system which is suitable for generating appropriate control signals and interpreting an indication of the measured signals to thereby determine the subject's bioelectrical impedance, and optionally determine other information such as the presence, absence or degree of oedema, or the like.
- the processing system 102 may therefore be a suitably programmed computer system, such as a laptop, desktop, PDA, smart phone or the like.
- the processing system 102 may be formed from specialised hardware, such as an FPGA (field programmable gate array), or a combination of a programmed computer system and specialised hardware, or the like.
- the two electrodes 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 that are to be used as drive electrodes are positioned on the subject to allow one or more signals to be injected into the subject S, with two other electrodes 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 being positioned to act as measurement electrodes to allow signals induced within the subject, to be detected.
- the location of the electrodes will depend on the segment of the subject S under study.
- one or more alternating signals are applied to the subject S, via the drive electrodes.
- the nature of the alternating signal will vary depending on the nature of the measuring device and the subsequent analysis being performed.
- the system can use Bioimpedance Analysis (BIA) in which a single low frequency current is injected into the subject S, with the measured impedance being used directly in the identification of anomalies (which can include tissue anomalies, erroneous measurements, or the like), or performing impedance mapping.
- BIOA Bioimpedance Analysis
- Bioimpedance Spectroscopy (BIS) devices apply signals at a number of frequencies either simultaneously or sequentially.
- BIS devices typically utilise frequencies ranging from low frequencies (4 kHz) to higher frequencies (1000 kHz), and can use 256 or more different frequencies within this range, to allow multiple impedance measurements to be made within this range.
- the measuring device 100 may either apply an alternating signal at a single frequency, at a plurality of frequencies simultaneously, or may apply a number of alternating signals at different frequencies sequentially, depending on the preferred implementation.
- the frequency or frequency range of the applied signals may also depend on the analysis being performed.
- the applied signal is a frequency rich current signal from a current source clamped, or otherwise limited, so it does not exceed a maximum allowable subject auxiliary current.
- voltage signals may be applied, with a current induced in the subject being measured.
- the signal can either be constant current, impulse function or a constant voltage signal where the current is measured so it does not exceed the maximum allowable subject auxiliary current.
- a potential difference and/or current are measured between the measurement electrodes.
- the acquired signal and the measured signal will be a superposition of potentials generated by the human body, such as the ECG, and potentials generated by the applied current.
- buffer circuits may be placed in connectors that are used to connect the electrodes 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 to the leads 123 , 124 , 125 , 126 . This helps eliminate contributions to the measured voltage due to the response of the leads 123 , 124 , 125 , 126 , and reduce signal losses.
- a further option is for the voltage to be measured differentially, meaning that the sensor used to measure the potential at each measurement electrode only needs to measure half of the potential as compared to a single ended system.
- current can also be driven or sourced through the subject S differentially, which again greatly reduced the parasitic capacitances by halving the common-mode current.
- the acquired signal is demodulated to obtain the impedance of the system at the applied frequencies.
- One suitable method for demodulation of superposed frequencies is to use a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm to transform the time domain data to the frequency domain. This is typically used when the applied current signal is a superposition of applied frequencies.
- FFT Fast Fourier Transform
- Another technique not requiring windowing of the measured signal is a sliding window FFT.
- the applied current signals are formed from a sweep of different frequencies, then it is more typical to use a processing technique such as multiplying the measured signal with a reference sine wave and cosine wave derived from the signal generator, or with measured sine and cosine waves, and integrating over a whole number of cycles. This process rejects any harmonic responses and significantly reduces random noise.
- impedance or admittance measurements can be determined from the signals at each frequency by comparing the recorded voltage and current signal. This allows demodulation to be used to produce an amplitude and phase signal at each frequency.
- a first impedance value is measured at a given site.
- the impedance value is typically measured using a first electrode configuration, and whilst any form of electrode configuration may be used, this is typically a tetrapolar electrode configuration utilised to allow impedance readings to be measured at the specific site.
- a second impedance value is measured at the (same) site. This is typically achieved utilising an alternative electrode configuration and in particular, a configuration which is a modified version of the first configuration.
- the configuration typically utilises the same electrode placements on the subject, but applies the signals to and measures signals from different ones of the electrodes.
- the first measurement may be made by applying a current across first electrodes and measuring a voltage across second electrodes
- the second measurement may be made by applying the current across the second electrodes and measuring the induced voltage across first electrodes.
- the first and second impedance values can be used to determine if the measurement made at the site is erroneous. In particular, such a reading will typically arise if a low impedance lesion or other biological anomaly is present between a drive and a measurement electrode pair.
- the erroneous measurement can then be taken into account when performing analysis of impedance measurements at step 230 .
- the erroneous reading may be used to identify and/or subsequently monitor the development of a low impedance lesion.
- this technique can be used to detect the presence, absence or degree of lesions or other biological anomalies. Additionally, and/or alternatively, knowledge of the anomaly can be taken into account when performing analysis of impedance measurements.
- impedance measurements can be performed over a region, such as an area of a subject's skin, to allow impedance mapping or other similar analysis to be performed.
- a region such as an area of a subject's skin
- impedance mapping or other similar analysis can be performed.
- identification of these erroneous readings allows readings at the corresponding site to be rejected or otherwise modified so that they do not adversely affect the impedance mapping process.
- the signal generator 111 is used to apply a first drive signal to the subject S using a first electrode configuration.
- the current source 111 may be connected to the leads 123 , 124 , via the switching device 118 , so that the electrodes 113 , 114 act as the drive electrodes.
- a first signal induced across the subject S is measured. This is typically achieved by utilising the switching device 118 to interconnect the remaining measurement electrodes, in this case the electrodes 115 , 116 , to the sensor 112 , thereby allowing signals induced within the subject S to be detected.
- the processing system 102 utilises an indication of the applied and induced signals to determine a first impedance value.
- the first impedance value may be formed from one or more measured impedance values.
- a single frequency BIA device is used, a single measured impedance value may be determined, whereas if a BIS device is used, multiple measured values may be determined, with a single value being determined for each applied frequency.
- the impedance values may be based on impedance parameter values derived from the actual measurements. This can include parameter values such as the impedance at zero, characteristic or infinite frequencies (R 0 , Z c , R ⁇ ), as will be described in more detail below.
- the processing system 102 controls the switching device 118 to switch to an alternative electrode configuration.
- the electrodes 113 , 115 may be used as the drive electrodes with the electrodes 114 , 116 being used as measurement electrodes. Any other alternative configuration may also be used, depending on the implementation.
- a second signal is applied to the subject S using the second electrode configuration, with the induced signal across subject S being measured at step 350 .
- the applied and induced signals are processed to determine a second impedance value, which again can be formed from one or more measured impedance values, or parameter values derived therefrom.
- the processing system 102 uses the first and second impedance values to determine if any tissue anomalies might exist.
- An erroneous measurement will typically be determined if the difference between the first and second impedance values is greater than a reference amount.
- the magnitude of this reference may vary depending upon a number of factors and the processing system 102 is therefore typically arranged to compare the difference between the first and second impedance values to a reference value, which can be stored in memory, or the like.
- the reference value could be previously determined for example based on sample data collected for a nominal reference population, or based on the difference determined for other sites, as will be described in more detail below.
- this information can be used in one of two ways.
- the measured values can be used to derive information regarding any associated biological anomaly, such as the presence, absence or degree of any tissue lesion, tumour, or the like, at step 380 .
- the erroneous measurement can be taken into account when performing other impedance analysis.
- any erroneous reading can be rejected to ensure that this does not overtly influence the outcome of the analysis. Examples of this will be described in more detail below.
- an impedance measuring device 400 is connected to a multiplexer 410 , which is controlled by a computer system 420 , such as a personal computer or the like.
- the multiplexer 410 is coupled to an electrode array 430 having a number of electrodes 431 provided thereon.
- the measuring device 400 In use the measuring device 400 generates signals to be applied to the subject via the electrode array with these signals being coupled to respective ones of the electrodes 431 utilising the multiplexer 410 . Similarly, signals induced across the subject S can also be returned from electrodes 431 to the impedance measuring device 400 via the multiplexer 410 . Overall operation of the multiplexer 410 can be controlled using the computer system 420 , allowing this process to be substantially automated.
- the measuring device 400 is in the form of an Impedimed Imp SFB7TM.
- the drive and measurement electrodes from the SFB7 can be directed through a multiplexer 410 , such as a 32 channel multiplexer (ADG732) from Analog Devices and switching of the multiplexer output channels can be controlled via custom software operating on a standard computer system 420 .
- ADG732 32 channel multiplexer
- the electrode array 430 includes twenty five, 1 mm diameter electrodes separated by 0.77 mm in a 5 ⁇ 5 square. This allows a total of 64 separate measurements to be taken at 16 different sites giving an impedance map of 49 mm 2 on the surface of a subject, which may be an individual, a test medium, or the like. As a result of this, only 25 of the available 32 multiplexer channels are required for this arrangement.
- the electrode array 430 is applied to the subject S, and connected to the multiplexer 410 , as described above.
- systems such as the measuring device 400 , the multiplexer 410 and the computer system 420 are activated and configured as required in order to allow the measurement procedure to be performed.
- the computer system 420 selects a next site for measurement.
- the electrodes 431 are typically selected so as to form a tetrapolar arrangement, with a group of four electrodes 431 in the array 430 defining the site being measured.
- An example of this is shown in FIGS. 6A to 6D , in which four electrodes 431 A, 431 B, 431 C, 431 D are selectively used as measurement and drive electrodes for a single site.
- FIGS. 6A to 6D four measurements can be made at each site by using the drive and measurement electrode arrangements shown in FIGS. 6A to 6D .
- the electrodes 431 A, 431 B act as the measurement electrodes M 1 , M 2
- the electrodes 431 C, 431 D act as the drive electrodes D 1 , D 2 .
- Successive measurements at the site can be made using different electrode configurations in which the drive and measurement electrodes M 1 , M 2 , D 1 , D 2 are used as shown so that the tetrapolar configuration is effectively rotated by 90° for each successive measurement.
- the measuring device 400 controls the multiplexer 410 to couple the measuring device to the electrodes in accordance with a next one of the electrode configurations for the currently selected tetrapolar array.
- the arrangement shown in FIG. 6A can be used so that the electrodes 431 A, 431 B act as the measurement electrodes M 1 , M 2 , whereas the electrodes 431 C, 431 D act as the drive electrodes D 1 , D 2 .
- the measuring device 400 then applies a drive signal to the subject via the selected drive electrodes 431 C, 431 D, allowing the signal induced across the measurement electrodes 431 A, 431 B to be measured at step 530 .
- An indication of this measured signal is returned to the measuring device 400 , to allow the measuring device 400 to process the voltage and current signals and determine one or more an impedance values.
- the impedance values determined will depend on the preferred implementation. For example, in the event that the measuring device 400 is performing BIA, then typically a single impedance value is calculated representing the measured impedance.
- the impedance value can be based on impedance parameter values, such as values of the impedance at zero, characteristic or infinite frequencies (R 0 , Z c , R ⁇ ). These values can be derived by the measuring device 400 based on the impedance response of the subject, which at a first level can be modelled using equation (1), commonly referred to as the Cole model:
- the value of the impedance parameters R 0 and R ⁇ may be determined in any one of a number of manners such as by:
- the analysis can be performed in part, or in total, by the computer system 420 , depending on the preferred implementation.
- the processing system 420 determines if all electrode configurations for the respective site are complete and if not returns to step 520 . In this instance a next electrode configuration is selected, with steps 520 to 550 being repeated for this next electrode configuration. This process can then be repeated until each of the four electrode configurations shown in FIGS. 6A to 6D have been utilised for the current site.
- the configurations used in FIGS. 6 A and 6 B can be used, in which the tetrapolar electrode configuration is effectively rotated by 90°. This is particularly useful as one drive and measurement electrode is effectively exchanged in the two different configurations, thereby maximising the chance of lesions located between the drive and measurement electrodes from being located, without requiring switching of each of the electrodes.
- this arrangement can be used to provide a sequence of drive and measurement electrode configurations that can be used to perform multiple measurements at successive sites, with only a single drive and single measurement electrode being switched between successive measurements.
- An example of this is shown in FIGS. 6E to 6J .
- the measuring device 400 or the computer system 420 is used to analyse the impedance values and determine if the impedance measurements are indicative of a tissue anomaly. As mentioned above this may be achieved in any one of a number of ways but typically involves examining the difference between measured impedance values. The reason for this is that the impedance measured at a given site should be substantially invariant irrespective of the electrode configuration used. Consequently, any variation in measured impedance values for different electrode configurations indicates that the tissue is non-uniform and in particular that there is likely to be a low impedance lesion situated between the drive electrodes D 1 , D 2 and the measurement electrodes M 1 , M 2 .
- Example tissue electrical properties as given by Brown, B. H., Tidy, J. A., Boston, K., Blackett, A. D., Smallwood, R. H. and Sharp, F. (2000a). “ Relation between tissue structure and imposed electrical current flow in cervical neoplasia,” The Lancet 355: 892-895, are shown in Table 1 below.
- cancerous tissue generally has a lower resistance
- a cancerous lesion between the drive electrodes D 1 , D 2 or between the measurement electrodes M 1 , M 2 will result in a decreased impedance measurement
- a lesion between the each pair of drive and measurement electrodes D 1 , M 2 or M 1 , D 2 will result in an increased impedance measurement.
- this is achieved by determining the difference between the impedance values determined using the different electrode configurations, at step 560 .
- the maximum determined difference is then compared to a reference at step 570 .
- the reference which is typically previously determined and stored in memory of the measuring device 400 or the computer system 420 , represents a threshold value so that if the difference between impedance values is greater than the reference, then this indicates that a tissue anomaly is present.
- the reference can be determined in any one of a number of ways depending on the preferred implementation.
- the reference may be determined by studying a number of healthy individuals (individuals without lesions or other biological anomalies) and/or unhealthy individuals (individuals with lesions or other anomalies) and calculating a range of variations between impedance values at a given site. This can be used to provide an indication of typical differences between impedance values for a healthy individual, thereby allowing a threshold to be established for tissue anomalies.
- a further alternative is to derive the reference from previous measurements made for the respective individual. For example, if the individual undergoes a medical intervention, such as surgery, or the like, which may result in a lesion forming, then measurements can be made for the individual prior to the intervention, or following initial development of the lesion. This can be used to establish a baseline of differences in impedance values for the individual, either prior to the lesion forming, or following lesion formation. This baseline can then be used as a subject specific reference so that changes in the difference between the impedance values for the individual, can be used to monitor lesion development and/or effectiveness of treatment.
- a further option is to determine the reference using a statistical analysis of measurements made for a number of different sites. This could be performed by examining the mean difference for a number of sites over a region, and then calculating the reference based on a value that is a number of standard deviations from the mean. Accordingly, in this instance, an anomaly is identified if the difference for a site is more than a set number of standard deviations from the mean difference value for a number of sites.
- the site is identified as a tissue anomaly at step 590 .
- the computer system 420 will determine if all sites are complete and if not will return to step 510 to select the next site in the electrode array 430 . This will typically involve using the electrodes 631 C, 631 D and two electrodes in the next column in the array.
- the impedance map can be used to indicate variations in tissue properties, or the like, which in turn can be used for a number of purposes, such as to monitor healing of wounds or the like.
- this process can also be used to identify and monitor low impedance lesions, tumours or the like. For example, determining the magnitude of the difference between different impedance values obtained for a given site allows an indication of the severity of the lesion to be determined. By monitoring changes in the difference over time, this allows variations in lesion severity over time to be monitored.
- the blood for each trial was collected from the same animal and treated with 70 mg/L of heparine to prevent coagulation.
- Blood for each measurement was prepared in the same manner by allowing it to cool to room temperature (22° C.) and the red blood cells separated via a centrifuge. The separated red blood cells and plasma could then be mixed in appropriate proportions to obtain the required haematocrit for testing. Samples were also collected and allowed to coagulate, these were used to represent a high impedance tissue medium at R 0 due to the small extracellular space.
- impedance maps were initially established for homogenous haematocrit in an in-vitro environment.
- bovine blood was used as the conductive medium, with impedance maps being obtained using homogenous samples with a range of haematocrit values (0, 20, 40, 60, 80%).
- the impedance maps of R 0 measured for blood samples of various haematocrit are shown in FIG. 8 . Each measurement location shown was measured using the tetrapolar electrode orientation arrangement described above, at each of the four possible electrode orientations. These four R 0 values measured using different electrode orientation were then averaged to produce one R 0 map as shown in FIG. 9A .
- FIG. 9B A plot of mean R 0 for each impedance map against haematocrit is shown in FIG. 9B . This highlights that there is a large increase in impedance with haematocrit concentration. The plot follows an exponential trend as expected since the R 0 value of a sample with haematocrit of 100% would approach infinity due to the very small extracellular space. The range of haematocrit values has also shown to have a significant and measurable change in R 0 . This is useful if impedance maps were to be determined with two or more volumes of blood with differing haematocrits.
- the electrode array 430 was covered with plasma (haematocrit of 0%) and red blood cells (haematocrit of 100%) injected onto the corner of the electrode array, as shown for example in FIG. 7 .
- FIG. 10 An example of the bioimpedance map of an average value of R 0 obtained for each site is shown at 1000 in FIG. 10 .
- the smaller four maps 1001 , 1002 , 1003 , 1004 correspond to the impedance values for R 0 measured using respective electrode configurations, as shown for example in FIGS. 6A to 6D .
- bioimpedance maps for haematocrit 0 to 80% result in reasonably consistent values of R 0 (standard deviation ⁇ 3%).
- the uniform measurements demonstrate that the remaining 21 electrodes have little effect on the measurements from the 4 electrodes actively involved. Hence these 21 electrodes do not shunt the current between the active drive electrodes.
- the bioimpedance map of plasma with introduced cells clearly shows an increase in R 0 at the site of the introduced cells, shown in FIG. 10 .
- the R 0 value in the lower left corner (95 ⁇ ) is much higher than that in the upper right corner (62 ⁇ ) which corresponds to that of the homogenous plasma sample. While the resistance in the lower left corner is higher than that of plasma it is less than that obtain for 80 and 60% haematocrit. The reason for this is due to the cells dispersing throughout the plasma (as shown in FIG. 7 ) effectively reducing the haematocrit of the introduced red blood cell sample.
- the values of R 0 determined for the site 1005 differ significantly for the four different orientations, thereby indicating the presence of a biological anomaly at the site 1005 .
- the sensitivity region between the two electrodes 431 B, 431 D is positive for the maps 1002 , 1004 resulting in an increased measured impedance if a higher impedance medium is present between the electrodes.
- This increase in impedance is clearly seen in the maps 1002 , 1004 .
- the maps 1001 , 1003 on the left show a decrease in impedance because the region between the two electrodes 431 B, 431 D is of negative sensitivity in this configuration, thereby resulting in a decreased measured impedance when a higher impedance medium is located in the region.
- different mechanisms may be used for taking this into account. For example, averaging of the four measured values of R 0 , at the given site, can reduce the impact of the tissue anomaly. In this regard, the averaged impedance map would be unaffected since the higher and lower measured impedance values effectively average to cancel each other out, so that the R 0 value in this region of the larger map is not anomalous.
- the impedance of adjacent sites can be used to determine a value for R 0 which is unaffected by the tissue anomaly.
- examination of the maps 1001 , 1002 , 1003 , 1004 for each tetrapolar configuration highlights that the determined impedance values determined for the site 1005 in the maps 1001 , 1003 are similar to those of adjacent sites, whereas the impedance values determined for the site 1005 in the maps 1002 , 1004 are significantly different.
- the lesion or other tissue anomaly is located between the drive and measurement electrodes for the electrode configurations used in determining the maps 1002 , 1004 , meaning that these readings are erroneous. Consequently, the impedance value used for the overall impedance map could be based on the impedance values determined for the impedance maps 1001 , 1003 as these readings are more likely to be accurate.
- tissue anomalies such as lesions or the like.
- measurements made using orthogonal electrode orientations at a region of non-homogeneity will produce different measured impedances, whereas a region of homogeneity will produce the same measurements. This allows tissue anomalies, such as lesions, to be identified, and furthermore allows lesion boundaries to be determined.
- FIG. 11 An example of this will now be described with reference to FIG. 11 .
- the impedance map of plasma with introduced red blood cells shown in FIG. 10 was used.
- the smaller maps 1001 , 1003 are averaged, as are maps 1002 , 1004 , with the difference between these resulting maps being shown in the map 1100 of FIG. 11 .
- a region 1101 is highlighted which has low positive values of R 0 , where dispersed blood is present, and this is due to different haematocrits being located under each of these electrode sets.
- the site 1102 has an R 0 value of zero due to a high but homogeneous haematocrit sample being located under the electrode set.
- the average R 0 values are close to zero due to the sample under the electrode sets being homogeneous plasma, the red blood cells having not dispersed into this region.
- a large negative value of R 0 is present, implying the presence of a tissue anomaly or lesion.
- the site 1106 is also negative, but not to such a degree. This implies that a tissue anomaly is likely to be present at the site 1105 and that this may extend slightly into the site 1106 . Accordingly, it will be appreciated that this not only allows tissue anomalies to be identified, but also allows the extent and/or boundaries of the tissue anomaly to be determined.
- FIGS. 12A , to 12 C display typical impedance maps 1200 with clots introduced in various regions on the electrode array.
- the average value of R 0 obtained for each site is shown at 1200 , with the four smaller maps 1201 , 1202 , 1203 , 1204 , corresponding to the impedance values for R 0 measured using respective electrode configurations, as shown for example in FIGS. 6A to 6D .
- the clot is introduced beneath a central electrode, the location of which is shown at 1210 .
- the clot is located at the site 1220
- the clot is provided in the region 1230 , encompassing the sites 1231 , 1232 .
- tissue anomalies such as lesions. These anomalies did not appear to alter the resultant impedance map once averaged, meaning that the averaging of results prevents the tissue anomalies being detected. However, this does mean that even in the event that anomalies exist, this avoids the need to remove and discard such measurements.
- the above described techniques provide a non-subjective method for determining lesion size and hence possible biopsy margins.
- this allows measurements to be rapidly performed over an area of the subject. Furthermore, by using only two measurements at each site, this can reduce the number of measurements required at each region and minimise the time taken to acquire an impedance map.
- impedance maps are determined based on the value of the impedance parameter R 0 .
- impedance maps based on other to impedance parameters, such as actual measured impedances, or values of R ⁇ , Z c , or the like.
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