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

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2013

Authors

Paulo Roriz (Author) Other; Orlando Frazao (Author) FCUP; Antonio B Lobo Ribeiro (Author) Other; Jose L Santos (Author) FCUP; Jose A Simoes (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Journal of Biomedical Optics

Vol. 18

Final page: 050903

ISSN: 1083-3668

Publisher: SPIE

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Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Physical sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-006-B9K

DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.18.5.050903

Abstract (EN): As optical fibers revolutionize the way data is carried in telecommunications, the same is happening in the world of sensing. Fiber-optic sensors (FOS) rely on the principle of changing the properties of light that propagate in the fiber due to the effect of a specific physical or chemical parameter. We demonstrate the potentialities of this sensing concept to assess pressure in biomedical and biomechanical applications. FOSs are introduced after an overview of conventional sensors that are being used in the field. Pointing out their limitations, particularly as minimally invasive sensors, is also the starting point to argue FOSs are an alternative or a substitution technology. Even so, this technology will be more or less effective depending on the efforts to present more affordable turnkey solutions and peer-reviewed papers reporting in vivo experiments and clinical trials. (C) The Authors. Published by SPIE under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Distribution or reproduction of this work in whole or in part requires full attribution of the original publication, including its DOI. [DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.18.5.050903]

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific