Title :
Minimally invasive high resolution fibre optic interferometric sensors for temperature and pressure measurements
Author_Institution :
Appl. Optics Group, Kent Univ., Canterbury, UK
Abstract :
The author discusses the potential of fibre optic interferometric sensors for diagnostic temperature and pressure measurements. Problems in the use of these sensors (signal fading and ambiguity) are found to be overcome by the use of `white light´ signal processing
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; biothermics; fibre optic sensors; light interferometers; pressure measurement; signal processing; temperature measurement; ambiguity; high resolution fibre optic interferometric sensors; low coherence interferometry; minimally invasive sensors; patient diagnosis; pressure measurements; signal fading; temperature measurement; white light signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Techniques and Biomedical Applications, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
