• DocumentCode
    399838
  • Title

    Design of a foot-pressure monitoring transducer for diabetic patients based on FBG sensors

  • Author

    Hao, J.Z. ; Tan, K.M. ; Tjin, S.C. ; Liaw, C.Y. ; Chaudhuri, P. Roy ; Guo, X. ; Lu, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Infocomm Res., Nanyang, Singapore
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    27-28 Oct. 2003
  • Firstpage
    23
  • Abstract
    We report a novel fiber Bragg grating pressure sensor embedded in carbon fiber reinforced material that is capable of monitoring the foot pressure of diabetic patients.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; biomedical transducers; carbon fibre reinforced composites; diseases; fibre optic sensors; patient monitoring; pressure sensors; C; FBG sensors; carbon fiber reinforced material; diabetic patients; fiber Bragg grating pressure sensor; foot-pressure monitoring transducer; Bragg gratings; Diabetes; Feedback; Fiber gratings; Foot; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Orthopedic surgery; Patient monitoring; Transducers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7888-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251581
  • Filename
    1251581