The design of an optical fiber pressure transducer for use in the upper airways

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 600-606

  Goodyer, Paul D ^b   Fothergill, John C ^a,b   Jones, N B ^b   Hanning, Christopher D ^b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BREATHING; MINIATURIZATION; OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA SYNDROME; OPTICAL FIBER PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; SILICON GEL;

PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS;

ARTICLE; FIBEROSCOPE; MANOMETRY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NASOPHARYNX; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; TEMPERATURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TEMPERATURE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0030175635     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.495279     Document Type: Article

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