Design and characterization of a wearable macrobending fiber optic sensor for human joint angle determination

Optical Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Silva, Ana S ^a   Catarino, André ^b   Correia, Miguel V ^c   Frazão, Orlando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Embedded sensors; Fiber optic sensors; Macrobending effect; Rehabilitation monitoring; Wearable technology

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED SENSORS; FUNCTIONAL TASKS; HUMAN GESTURES; MACRO BENDING; MACROBENDING FIBER; OPTIC SENSOR; STROKE SURVIVORS; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR PHYSICS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 84890910575     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.OE.52.12.126106     Document Type: Article

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