An integrated laser blood flowmeter

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 591-595

  Higurashi, Eiji ^a   Sawada, Renshi ^a   Ito, Takahiro ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Integrated optics; Optical sensor; Silicon micromachining; Wearable sensor

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED OPTICS; MICROMACHINING; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY;

INTEGRATED FLOWMETERS;

FLOWMETERS;

EID: 0037955576     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.809551     Document Type: Conference Paper

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