Two dimensional polymer-embedded quasidistributed FBG pressure sensor for biomedical applications

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 179-186

  Kanellos, George T ^a,c   Papaioannou, George ^b   Tsiokos, Dimitris ^b,c   Mitrogiannis, Christos ^b   Nianios, George ^b   Pleros, Nikos ^a,c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

^c INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE SENSORS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BUILDING BLOCKES; HUMAN SKIN; MINIMAL THICKNESS; MONITORING SENSORS; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS; PRESSURE SENSING; PRESSURE SENSITIVITIES; QUASI-DISTRIBUTED; REAL-TIME OPERATION; SENSING SYSTEMS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE SENSORS; THIN POLYMERS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL POLYMERS; WEARABLE SENSORS; WHEELCHAIR SEATING;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DEVICES; POLYMERS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 73549107416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.000179     Document Type: Article

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