Application of Force Sensing Resistor (FSR) in design of pressure scanning system for plantar pressure measurement

2009 International Conference on Computer and Electrical Engineering, ICCEE 2009

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 678-685

  Rana, N K ^a  

^a Rajeev Gandhi Institute of Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Data acquisition; Diabetic foot; FSR; Peak pressure points; Plantar pressure

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER CIRCUITS; DATA ACQUISITION SOFTWARES; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIFFERENT SIZES; FIELD STUDIES; FOOT PRESSURES; FORCE SENSING RESISTOR; LOW COSTS; MEAN VALUES; MEMORY SIZE; MULTI-CHANNEL; PEAK PRESSURE; PEAK PRESSURE POINTS; PLANTAR PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PLANTAR PRESSURES; PRESSURE HEADS; SCANNING SYSTEMS; SHOE SOLES; USB INTERFACE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRONIC WARFARE; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RESISTORS;

DATA HANDLING;

EID: 77950814351     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCEE.2009.234     Document Type: Conference Paper

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