Real time frequency domain fibreoptic temperature sensor using ruby crystals

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-56

  Alcala, J Ricardo ^a   Liao, S C ^a   Zheng, J ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical sensor; Optical temperature sensor

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030070313     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1350-4533(95)00014-3     Document Type: Article

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