A non-contacting sensor system for respiratory air flow detection

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 52, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 81-85

  Hök, Bertil ^a   Blückert, Anders ^a   Sandberg, Göran ^a  

^a Hök Instrument AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Flow sensors; Non contacting sensors; Non reciprocity; Respiration; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; ULTRASONIC REFLECTION;

FLOW SENSORS; NONCONTACTING SENSORS; RESPIRATORY AIR FLOW DETECTION;

SENSORS;

EID: 0030100721     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-4247(96)80129-4     Document Type: Article

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