A new method for temperature measurement in an infant incubator [using speed of sound]

Author

Huang, K.N. ; Huang, C.E. ; Li, Y.C. ; Young, M.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

36434

Abstract

In this study, we introduce a new measurement system to measure the temperature by using the speed of sound. This method based on the relationship between the speed of sound and temperature. Temperature was quantified by the speed of the sound. The distance between the receiver and the transmitter of ultrasound is positively associated with the resolution of the temperature. This method can provide a quick and precise monitoring for the temperature in an infant incubator

Keywords

biomedical ultrasonics; biothermics; paediatrics; temperature measurement; ultrasonic velocity measurement; infant incubator; precise monitoring; speed of sound; temperature measurement system; ultrasound receiver; ultrasound transmitter; Electric variables measurement; Equations; Frequency; Temperature distribution; Temperature measurement; Time measurement; Transmitters; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic variables measurement; Velocity measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5674-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1999.804052

Filename

804052