Respiration and body movement analysis during sleep in bed using hetero-core fiber optic pressure sensors without constraint to human activity

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Nishyama, Michiko ^a   Miyamoto, Mitsuo ^a   Watanabe, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

fiber optic sensor; respiration monitoring; sleep; unconstrained; weight

Indexed keywords

BODY MOTIONS; BODY MOVEMENT ANALYSIS; BODY MOVEMENTS; BODY POSTURES; CORE DIAMETERS; HETERO-CORE; HETERO-CORE FIBERS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MACRO BENDING; PRESSURE CHANGE; RESPIRATION MONITORING; SINGLE-MODE TRANSMISSION; SLEEP; UNCONSTRAINED; WEIGHT; WEIGHT CHANGE;

FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTONICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE SENSORS; SLEEP RESEARCH;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; SLEEP;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOVEMENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SLEEP; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 79955956608     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3528008     Document Type: Article

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