Optical fiber sensors embedded into medical textiles for healthcare monitoring

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1215-1222

  Grillet, Augustin ^a,b   Kinet, Damien ^a   Witt, Jens ^c   Schukar, Marcus ^c   Krebber, Katerina ^c   Pirotte, Fabrice ^d   Depré, Annick ^e  

^a Multitel   (Belgium)

^b Barco NV   (Belgium)

^c BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^d CENTEXBEL   (Belgium)

^e Elasta ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fiber bragg grating; Fiber optic sensor; Macrobending sensor; Medical resonance imaging (MRI); Medical textile; Polymer fiber (POF) optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) sensor

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; HEALTH CARE MONITORING; MACROBENDING; MAGNETIC (CE); MEDICAL TEXTILES; OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; REFLECTOMETRY; SENSING PRINCIPLE; TEXTILE SUBSTRATES;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FABRICS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; HEALTH; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SENSORS; RESONANCE; SENSORS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILES;

DETECTORS;

EID: 43649098066     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2008.926518     Document Type: Conference Paper

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