Human life signs detection using high-sensitivity pulsed laser vibrometer

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1370-1376

  Prasad, Narasimha S ^e   Khurgin, Jacob ^c   Jin, Feng ^a  

^a BRIMROSE CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical acoustics; biomedical measurements; medical diagnosis; optical velocity measurement; photodetectors; vibration measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008010119     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: 15581748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2007.905041     Document Type: Article

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