Optical aspects of a fibre-optic sensor for respiratory rate monitoring

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 448-452

  Pettersson, H ^a,b   Stenow, E N D ^a,c   Cai, H ^a,d   Oberg P A ^{a,b,e,f,g,h,i}  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Zimmermans Technical School   (Sweden)

^d HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^f University Hospital   (Switzerland)

^g Clinical Engineering Division

^h Swed Soc Med Phys and Med Eng

ⁱ ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fibre optical sensor; Non invasive sensor; Patient monitoring; Respiratory rate

Indexed keywords

RESPIRATORY RATE MONITORING;

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; COUPLED CIRCUITS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTODETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; EXHALATION; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MOUTH; NOSE; PATIENT MONITORING; SENSOR;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RESPIRATION; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0030293715     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02523849     Document Type: Article

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