• DocumentCode
    1900613
  • Title

    Fibre Bragg grating sensors for human skin pressure measurements

  • Author

    Bal, H.K. ; Soin, K. ; McLaughlin, P. ; Collins, S.F. ; Dragomir, N.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Telecommun. & Microelectron., Victoria Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-9 Dec. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a low pressure sensor based on a fibre Bragg grating (FBG) for human skin pressure underneath compression stockings. Calibration and comparison with conventional pressure sensors is presented.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; calibration; fibre optic sensors; pressure measurement; pressure sensors; calibration; compression stockings; fibre Bragg grating sensors; human skin pressure measurements; pressure sensors; Fiber gratings; Optical fibers; Pressure measurement; Sensitivity; Sensors; Temperature measurement; compression stockings; fibre Bragg grating sensor; low pressure sensor; pressure sensor;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, VIC
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929902
  • Filename
    5929902