A distributed pressure measurement system comprising multiplexed in-fibre Bragg gratings within a flexible superstructure

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-129

  Singlehurst, David A ^a   Dennison, Christopher R ^a   Wild, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomedical; grating; multiplexing; pressure; sensing; sensor

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PRESSURE; BIOMEDICAL; CORONARY ARTERIES; EXPERIMENTAL CALIBRATION; GRATING; IN-FIBRE BRAGG GRATINGS; LINEAR ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL SUPPORT; MODEL PREDICTION; OUTSIDE DIAMETER; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRESSURE SENSITIVITIES; SENSING; SENSITIVITY TO HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; SENSOR PERFORMANCE; SMALL SIZE;

BRAGG GRATINGS; CALIBRATION; ELASTICITY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MEASUREMENTS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MULTIPLEXING; PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

SENSORS;

EID: 84856299244     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2179523     Document Type: Article

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