Intensity-modulated microbend fiber optic sensor for respiratory monitoring and gating during MRI

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2655-2662

  Lau, Doreen ^a   Chen, Zhihao ^b   Teo, Ju Teng ^b   Ng, Soon Huat ^b   Rumpel, Helmut ^a   Lian, Yong ^c   Yang, Hui ^a   Kei, Pin Lin ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fiber optic sensor (FOS); magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); microbending; respiratory gating; respiratory monitoring

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; FABRICATION COST; INTENSITY-MODULATED; MICRO-BENDING; OPERATION CHARACTERISTIC; REAL TIME MONITORING; RESPIRATORY GATINGS; RESPIRATORY MONITORING;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; IMAGE ACQUISITION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PATIENT MONITORING; RESPIRATORS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

SENSORS;

GLASS FIBER;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING RATE; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MICROBEND FIBER OPTIC SENSOR; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESPIRATORY GATED IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DEVICES; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY RATE;

EID: 84883047800     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2013.2262150     Document Type: Article

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