A Fibre Bragg grating manometry catheter for in-vivo diagnostics of swallowing disorders

2008 Joint Conference of the Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference and the Australian Conference On Optical Fibre Technology, OECC/ACOFT 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Arkwright, J W ^a   Doe, S N ^a,c   Smith, M C ^a   Blenman, N G ^a   Underhill, I D ^a   Maunder, S A ^a   Glasscock, J A ^a   Lim, B ^a   Szczesniak, M M ^b   Dinning, P G ^b   I J Coo k, ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Micronix Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

CLINICAL CONDITIONS; FIBRE BRAGG GRATINGS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITIES; IN-VIVO; MANOMETRY; SWALLOWING DISORDERS;

FIBERS;

EID: 54049091914     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610536     Document Type: Conference Paper

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