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

TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS '07 - 4th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 57-60

  Gattiker, F ^a   Umbrecht, F ^b   Muller D ^b   Neuenschwander, J ^a   Sennhauser, U ^a   Wendlandt, M ^b   Hierold, Ch ^b  

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

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Load monitoring; Sensor; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACTUATORS; MICROSYSTEMS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; WEIGHT CONTROL;

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LOAD MONITORING; LOAD SENSORS; MEASUREMENT PRINCIPLES; MICRO CHANNELS; ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS; SENSOR; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; STRAIN SENSORS; ULTRASOUND;

SENSORS;

EID: 50049134368     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2007.4300070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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