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Fibre-optic sensors in health care
1Istituto di Ricerca sulle Onde Elettromagnetiche "Nello Carrara', del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Firenze, Italy.
Physics in Medicine and Biology
|May 1, 1997
Abstract:
Biomedical fibre-optic sensors are attractive for the measurement of physical, chemical and biochemical parameters and for spectral measurements directly performed on the patient. An overview of fibre-optic sensors for in vivo monitoring is given, with particular attention paid to the advantages that these sensors are able to offer in different application fields such as cardiovascular and intensive care, angiology, gastroenterology, ophthalmology, oncology, neurology, dermatology and dentistry.