Title :
Optical fiber tissue elasticity sensor
Author :
Lapointe, Jerome ; Gagné, Mathieu ; Harhira, Aissa ; Kashyap, Raman
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
This paper demonstrates a highly sensitive force sensor for bio-medical applications, using a reduced diameter fiber Bragg grating probe in a capillary tube.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; biological tissues; biomechanics; biomedical equipment; cellular biophysics; elasticity; fibre optic sensors; force sensors; biomedical applications; capillary tube; highly sensitive force sensor; optical fiber tissue elasticity sensor; reduced diameter fiber Bragg grating probe; Fiber gratings; Force; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fiber theory; Bragg grating; FBG; Sensor; etched fiber;
Conference_Titel :
Fibre and Optical Passive Components (WFOPC), 2011 7th Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0861-9
DOI :
10.1109/WFOPC.2011.6089678
