Dynamic assessment of women pelvic floor function by using a fiber Bragg grating sensor system

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6083, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ferreira, Luís A ^a   Araújo, Francisco M ^a   Mascarenhas, Teresa ^b   Natal Jorge, Renato M ^c   Fernandes, António A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg gratings; Fiber optic sensors; Pelvic floor dysfunctions; Prolapses; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MUSCLE; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; UROLOGY;

FIBER BRAGG GRATING; INTRAVAGINAL PROBE; PELVIC FLOOR DYSFUNCTIONS; PROLAPSES; SILICONE CYLINDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 33646204847     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.646824     Document Type: Conference Paper

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