Application of long-period grating sensors to respiratory function monitoring

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5588, Issue , 2004, Pages 148-156

  Allsop, T ^a   Earthrowl, T ^a   Revees, R ^a   Webb, D J ^a   Miller, M ^b   Jones, B ^a   Bennion, I ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curvature Sensing; Long Period Gratings; Respiratory monitoring

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; DATA ACQUISITION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; MAGNETOMETERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SILICON;

CURVATURE SENSING; LONG PERIOD GRATINGS; OPTICAL REFLECTANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY (ORP); RESPIRATORY MONITORING;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 21844461318     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.569297     Document Type: Conference Paper

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