Noninvasive respiration movement sensor based on distributed Bragg reflector fiber laser with beat frequency interrogation

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wo, Jianghai ^a   Wang, He ^a   Sun, Qizhen ^a   Shum, Perry Ping ^a,b   Liu, Deming ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Distributed Bragg reflector fiber laser; Fiber optic sensors; Respiration

Indexed keywords

BEAT FREQUENCY INTERROGATIONS; LASER-BASED SENSORS; MOVEMENT MONITORING SYSTEMS; MOVEMENT SENSORS; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION MONITORING; RESPIRATION WAVEFORM; RESPIRATORY MONITORING;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTORS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; SENSORS;

FIBER LASERS;

GLASS FIBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; LASER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PRESSURE; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TEMPERATURE; TEXTILE; TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOVEMENT; OPTICAL FIBERS; POSTURE; PRESSURE; REFRACTOMETRY; RESPIRATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEMPERATURE; TEXTILES; TRANSDUCERS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84897789690     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.19.1.017003     Document Type: Article

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