A wireless implantable passive strain sensor system

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 20-23

  Umbrecht, F ^a   Wendlandt, M ^a   Juncker, D ^a   Hierold, C ^a   Neuenschwander, J ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BONE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); STRAIN MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

BIORESORBABLE POLYMERIC MATERIALS; FIXATION SYSTEMS; HYDRO-MECHANICAL STRAIN; REMOTE WIRELESS; STRAIN SENSOR SYSTEMS;

SENSORS;

EID: 33847307724     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2005.1597627     Document Type: Conference Paper

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