Development of a microfabricated optical bend loss sensor for distributive pressure measurement

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 614-625

  Wang, Wei Chih ^a   Ledoux, William R ^a,b   Huang, Chu Yu ^c   Huang, Cheng Sheng ^c   Klute, Glenn K ^a,b   Reinhall, Per G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA RR and D Center of Excellence for Limb Loss Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributive mechanical sensor; Macrobend sensor; Neural network; Polymeric waveguide; Pressure sensor

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MICROFABRICATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; PRESSURE SENSORS; WAVEGUIDES;

DISTRIBUTIVE MECHANICAL SENSOR; FORCE IMAGE ALGORITHMS; MACROBEND SENSORS; POLYMERIC WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

DIMETICONE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; LIGHT INTENSITY; LOADING TEST; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SENSOR;

ALGORITHMS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOOT; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MINIATURIZATION; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); OPTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38349035768     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2007.912627     Document Type: Article

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