Review of fiber-optic pressure sensors for biomedical and biomechanical applications

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Roriz, Paulo ^a   Frazão, Orlando ^b   Lobo Ribeiro, António B ^b,c   Santos, José L ^b   Simões, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

biomechanics; biomedical; fiber optic sensors; pressure

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL APPLICATION; BIOMEDICAL; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVENTIONAL SENSORS; IN-VIVO EXPERIMENTS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PRESSURE; SENSORS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; EQUIPMENT; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 84879910536     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.18.5.050903     Document Type: Review

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