Development of Medical Pressure and Temperature Sensors Employing Optical Spectrum Modulation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1991, Pages 974-981

  Wolthuis, Roger A ^a   Mitchell, Gordon L ^a   Saaski, Elric ^a   Hartl, James C ^a   Afromowitz, Martin A ^b  

^a MetriCor Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT - SENSORS;

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETER; LED-MICROSHIFT SENSOR; MEDICAL PRESSURE SENSORS; MEDICAL TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

SENSORS;

ARTICLE; INTERFEROMETRY; PRESSURE; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INTERFEROMETRY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 0026245019     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.88443     Document Type: Article

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