Flexible sensor for blood pressure measurement

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 512-515

  Sepulveda, A T ^a   Pontes, A J ^a   Viana, J C ^a   De Villoria, R Guzman ^b   Fachin, F ^b   Wardle, B L ^b   Rocha, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; CONDUCTIVE ELEMENTS; FLEXIBLE SENSOR; INDUCTIVE COUPLINGS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE MEMBRANE; PRESSURE SENSITIVE;

BLOOD; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; PRESSURE SENSORS; SILICONES;

BLOOD PRESSURE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMETRY; YOUNG MODULUS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MINIATURIZATION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMETRY; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 84861949290     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090092     Document Type: Conference Paper

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