A miniature optical breathing sensor

Biomedical Optics Express

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3325-3331

  Mathew, Jinesh ^a   Semenova, Yuliya ^a   Farrell, Gerald ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

AGAROSE; BREATHING PATTERNS; BREATHING RATE; CRYSTAL FIBER; ELECTRONIC SENSORS; EXHALED BREATHS; INTERROGATION SYSTEM; REAL TIME; RESPIRATORY EFFORTS; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS;

SENSORS;

EID: 84870749360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21567085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/BOE.3.003325     Document Type: Article

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