Novel ultrasound read-out for a wireless implantable passive strain sensor (WIPSS)

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 145-146, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 291-298

  Gattiker, F ^a   Umbrecht, F ^b   Neuenschwander, J ^a   Sennhauser, U ^a   Hierold, C ^b  

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

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Load monitoring; Strain sensor; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COATING TECHNIQUES; DETECTORS; FLUIDICS; FLUIDS; HEALTH; LOADS (FORCES); MICROCHANNELS; MONITORING; SENSORS; STANDARDS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS; WEIGHT CONTROL;

BIORESORBABLE POLYMERS; ELSEVIER (CO); EXTERNAL FORCING; HEALING PROCESSES; IN VITRO EXPERIMENTS; IN VIVO MONITORING; IN-VIVO; INTEGRAL EVALUATION; LOAD MONITORING; MEASUREMENT PRINCIPLES; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND SCANNERS; MICRO CHANNELS; NEW CONCEPT; ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS; REFERENCE REFLECTORS; REHABILITATION (CONSTRUCTION); STRAIN SENSORS; ULTRASOUND ECHOES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

EID: 44849109662     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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