Microstructured optical fiber interferometric breathing sensor

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Favero, Fernando C ^a,b   Villatoro, Joel ^b   Pruneri, Valerio ^b,c  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fiber optic sensors; Interferometers; Interferometry; Optical breathing sensors

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC SENSORS; EXHALED AIRS; MICRO-STRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS; REFLECTION SPECTRA; RESPIRATION RATE; SINUSOIDAL INTERFERENCE PATTERN; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; WATER MOLECULE;

DESORPTION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; SENSORS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; BREATHING MECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXHALATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY;

BREATH TESTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXHALATION; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OPTICAL FIBERS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 84864931489     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.3.037006     Document Type: Article

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