Parylene-based strain sensors for bone

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1693-1697

  Yang, Gloria Y ^a,b   Johnson, Garrett ^b   Tang, William C ^a,c   Keyak, Joyce H ^c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Parylene; Piezoresistive devices; Strain measurement

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL STRAIN; PARYLENE; PIEZORESISTIVE DEVICES; STRAIN SENSORS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TENSILE TESTING; THIN FILMS;

SENSORS;

EID: 35649012762     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2007.909923     Document Type: Article

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