Application of fiber Bragg gratings to wearable garments

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 261-266

  Carmo, João Paulo ^a   Da Silva, Alexandre Manuel Ferreira ^a   Rocha, Rui Pedro ^a   Correia, José Higino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); noninvasive monitoring; optical fiber sensors; wearable devices

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC FREQUENCY; ENHANCEMENT OPERATIONS; FBG SENSOR; FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG); GLOBAL STRUCTURE; HIGH STRAINS; LINEAR BEHAVIOR; NON-INVASIVE MONITORING; OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS; PHOTONIC SYSTEMS; SENSING ELEMENTS; SIMULTANEOUS ACQUISITION; STABLE STRUCTURES; WEARABLE DEVICES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FIBERS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SENSORS; STRAIN;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 82555205496     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2161281     Document Type: Article

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