Fiber-optic sensors for biomedical applications

✍ Scribed by Perrone, Guido; Tosi, Daniele

• Publisher: Artech House
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 311
• Series: Artech House applied photonics series
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This authoritative new resource presents fiber optic sensors and their applications in medical device design and biomedical engineering. Readers gain an understanding of which technology to use and adopt, and how to connect technologies with their respective applications. This book explores the innovation of diagnostics and how to use diagnostic tools.n nPrinciples of fiber optic sensing are covered and include details about intensity-based sensors, fiber bragg gratings, distributed sensors, and fabry-perot interferometers. This book explores interrogation software, standards for medical sensors, and discusses protocols and tools for validation. Various medical device engineering and applications are examined, including sensor catheterization, cardiovascular sensors, diagnostic in gastroscopy, urology, neurology, sensing in thermal ablation. Applications and detection of SPR sensors are presented, along with minimally invasive robotic surgery, smart textiles, wearable sensors and fiber-optic spectrometric sensors. This is a one-stop reference on fiber optic sensors for biomed applications.  Read more...

Abstract: This authoritative new resource presents fiber optic sensors and their applications in medical device design and biomedical engineering. Readers gain an understanding of which technology to use and adopt, and how to connect technologies with their respective applications. This book explores the innovation of diagnostics and how to use diagnostic tools.n nPrinciples of fiber optic sensing are covered and include details about intensity-based sensors, fiber bragg gratings, distributed sensors, and fabry-perot interferometers. This book explores interrogation software, standards for medical sensors, and discusses protocols and tools for validation. Various medical device engineering and applications are examined, including sensor catheterization, cardiovascular sensors, diagnostic in gastroscopy, urology, neurology, sensing in thermal ablation. Applications and detection of SPR sensors are presented, along with minimally invasive robotic surgery, smart textiles, wearable sensors and fiber-optic spectrometric sensors. This is a one-stop reference on fiber optic sensors for biomed applications

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Fiber-Optic Sensors for Biomedical Applications
Introduction
Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Wave Optics and Optical Fibers
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Electromagnetic Waves
1.3 Reflection and Refraction of Plane Waves
1.4 Dielectric Waveguides
1.5 Optical Fibers
1.6 Practical Aspects in Using Optical Fibers
Selected Bibliography
Chapter 2 Devices for Fiber Optic Sensing Applications
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Light Sources
2.2.1 Light-Emitting Diodes
2.2.2 Laser Diodes
2.3 Photodiodes
2.4 Isolators and Circulators
2.5 Couplers
2.5.1 Wavelength-Insensitive Couplers (WINCs). 2.5.2 Wavelength-Sensitive Couplers2.6 Polarization Optics
2.7 Optical Spectrum Analyzers and Spectrometers
References
Chapter 3 Principles of Fiber Optic Sensing
3.1 Definitions
3.2 Classification
3.3 Working Principles
3.4 Sensor Performance Analysis
3.5 Application-Integrated Design
References
Chapter 4 Intensity-Based Sensors
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Sensors Exploiting the Modulation of Losses
4.3 Sensors Based on Coupling Loss
References
Chapter 5 Fiber Bragg Gratings
5.1 Description
5.2 Uniform FBGs
5.3 FBG Thermal and Mechanical Response
5.4 FBG Arrays. 5.5 Chirped and Apodized FBG5.6 Tilted FBG
5.7 Fabrication of FBGs
5.7.1 Photosensitivity
5.7.2 Phase Mask Inscription
5.7.3 Interfering Beams
5.7.4 Draw-Tower Method
5.6.5 Point-by-Point
5.8 FBG Package
5.9 Recent Advances
References
Chapter 6 Distributed Sensors
6.1 Introduction
6.2 OFDR Theory
6.2.1 Demonstration
6.2.2 Detection
6.3 Microwave Photonics (MWP)
6.4 Sensing Elements
6.5 Practical Considerations
6.6 Perspectives
References
Chapter 7 Fabry-Perot Interferometers
7.1 Fabry-Perot Interferometer (FPI) Principle
7.2 FPI-Based Sensors
7.3 FPI/FBG Dual Sensors. 7.4 Fabrication of FPI Sensors7.5 Self-Mixing Interferometry
7.6 Other Interferometers
References
Chapter 8 Fiber-Optic Biosensors Principles
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Sensors Exploiting the Evanescent Field Absorption
8.3 Sensors Exploiting Surface Plasmon Resonance
8.3.1 SPR Sensors in Bulk Optics
8.3.2 SPR Sensors in Optical Fibers
8.3.3 SPR Sensors in Photonic Crystal Fibers
References
Chapter 9 Optical Fiber Spectroscopy
References
Chapter 10 Fiber Optic Sensor Networks
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Amplitude Detection Methods
10.2.1 FBG and Fabry-Perot Interferometers. 10.2.2 Plastic Fiber-Based Systems10.3 White Light-Based Setup
10.3.1 Setup and Instrumentation
10.3.2 Time/Wavelength Division Multiplexing
10.3.3 Cepstrum Division Multiplexing
10.4 Scanning-Source Interrogators
10.5 Multiparametric Sensors
10.6 Distributed Sensing Units
10.7 Commercial Devices
10.8 Conclusions
References
Chapter 11 Interrogation Software
11.1 FBG Tracking Direct Methods
11.1.1 Centroid
11.1.2 Bandwidth Tracking
11.1.3 Polynomial Fitting
11.2 EFPI Direct Tracking
11.2.1 Short-Cavity EFPI
11.2.2 Long-Cavity EFPI
11.3 Direct Karhunen-Loeve Transform.

✦ Subjects

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