Interrogation of multipoint optical fibre sensor signals based on artificial neural network pattern recognition techniques

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-12

  Lyons, William B ^a   Flanagan, Colin ^a   Lewis, Elfed ^a   Ewald, Hartmut ^a   Lochmann, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alcohol sensor; Environmental; Multipoint; Optical fibre sensor; OTDR; Pattern recognition; Sensor network; Sensors

Indexed keywords

NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL COATINGS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REFLECTOMETERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ALCOHOL SENSORS; MULTIPOINTS; OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS; OTDR; SENSOR NETWORKS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 3042757581     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2004.02.034     Document Type: Article

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