Electrode harness for use in carrying out electrical impedance tomography, a system and a method

A method of carrying out electrical impedance tomography for health and fitness monitoring of a human subject, the method comprising:

• mounting an electrode support vest on a chest of the subject, the electrode support vest comprising a front portion, and a back portion connected to the front portion, with a head opening and two arm openings disposed between the front and back portions, the electrode support vest comprising at least two rings of a plurality of electrodes each comprising at least eight electrodes, each ring of electrodes extending around the front and back portions of the electrode support vest,
• the electrode support vest being formed from an elasticated material so as to improve mechanical contact of the electrodes with a skin of the subject, and further comprising a control unit and plurality of connectors, each connector extending across the elasticated material of the electrode support vest between the control unit and a respective electrode;
• using the control unit to provide electrical signals to multiple groups of electrodes of the plurality of electrodes, and to measure electrical response signals at the electrodes representing impedance responses to the provided electrical signals within the chest of the subject;
• communicating the measured electrical response signals to a physically separate computing device;
• carrying out an electrical impedance tomography reconstruction of the chest of the subject using the measured electrical response signals;
• and
• displaying results of the electrical impedance tomography reconstruction on a screen of the physically separate computing device.