Development of a FBG probe for non-invasive carotid pulse waveform assessment

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 8427, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Leitao C ^a   Bilro, L ^b   Alberto, N ^b   Antunes, P ^a,b   Lima, H ^a   Andre P S ^b   Nogueira, R ^b   Pinto, J L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Augmentation index; Fibre Bragg sensor; Hemodynamics; Pulse wave analysis

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION RATES; ARTERIAL PRESSURES; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL TREE; ARTERIAL WALL; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BRAGG SENSOR; CARDIAC CYCLES; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; HIGH PROBABILITY; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HUMAN CAROTID ARTERY; IDENTIFICATION POINT; LIGHT SOURCE INTENSITY; LOW NOISE; OPTICAL FBG; PRESSURE WAVES; PULSE WAVE; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; PULSE WAVEFORMS; WAVELENGTH DOMAINS;

DISEASES; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; HEALTH CARE; HEMODYNAMICS; LIGHT SOURCES; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTONICS; PROBES; SENSORS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 84861942682     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.923560     Document Type: Conference Paper

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