Journal article
Chest electrical impedance tomography examination, data analysis, terminology, clinical use and recommendations: Consensus statement of the TRanslational EIT developmeNt stuDy group
I Frerichs, MBP Amato, AH Van Kaam, DG Tingay, Z Zhao, B Grychtol, M Bodenstein, H Gagnon, SH Böhm, E Teschner, O Stenqvist, T Mauri, V Torsani, L Camporota, A Schibler, GK Wolf, D Gommers, S Leonhardt, A Adler, E Fan Show all
Thorax | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2017
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Abstract
Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) has undergone 30 years of development. Functional chest examinations with this technology are considered clinically relevant, especially for monitoring regional lung ventilation in mechanically ventilated patients and for regional pulmonary function testing in patients with chronic lung diseases. As EIT becomes an established medical technology, it requires consensus examination, nomenclature, data analysis and interpretation schemes. Such consensus is needed to compare, understand and reproduce study findings from and among different research groups, to enable large clinical trials and, ultimately, routine clinical use. Recommendations of how EIT findin..
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Funding Acknowledgements
IF: Grants from The European Union's 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (WELCOME, Grant No. 611223) and from The European Union's Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 (CRADL, Grant No. 668259), personal fees from Drager, outside the submitted work. MBPA: Grants from Dixtal/Philips and Timpel SA, outside the submitted work. AHvK: non-financial support from CareFusion, outside the submitted work. DGT: Goe-MF II EIT system provided by CareFusion for unrestricted research use, two Swisstom Pioneer EIT systems and consumables fully purchased from the manufacturer, unrestricted assistance in customising research software for specific research needs by Swisstom. ZZ: Grant from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (MOSES, Grant No. 03FH038I3), personal fees from Drager Medical, outside the submitted work. BG: Personal fees from Swisstom, outside the submitted work. SHB: Co-founder, employee and Chief Medical Officer of Swisstom AG, inventor of several EIT-related patents and patent applications owned by Swisstom AG and Timpel SA. ET: Employee of Drager; several EIT-related patents pending and issued to Drager. OS: Personal fees and non-financial support from Drager Medical, outside the submitted work; owner of an issued patent EP 228009A1. VT: Personal fees from Timpel, outside the submitted work. DG: Personal fees from Drager Medical, outside the submitted work. SL: Grants, personal fees and non-financial support from Drager Medical, grants and non-financial support from Philips Research, grants and non-financial support from BMBF (private/public partnership project with Weinmann GmbH), grants and non-financial support from BMWi (public/private partnership ZIM project with Fritz Stephan GmbH), outside the submitted work; several patents pending, licensed and issued to Drager Medical AG & Co KGaA.