An optical fiber based flow transducer for infant ventilation: Measurement principle and calibration

MeMeA 2011 - 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 311-315

  Schena, Emiliano ^a   Saccomandi, Paola ^a   Mastrapasqua, Marzia ^a   Silvestri, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

flow transducer; mechanical ventilation; optical fiber

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CALIBRATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; TEXTILE FIBERS; VENTILATION;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CALIBRATION CURVES; DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL OUTPUT SIGNALS; DISCRIMINATION THRESHOLDS; DYNAMIC RESISTANCE; MECHANICAL VENTILATION; POSITION-SENSITIVE DETECTORS;

TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 80052385990     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MeMeA.2011.5966648     Document Type: Conference Paper

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