In the last decades, fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) have become increasingly attractive to
medical applications due to their unique properties such as small size, biocompatibility …

Recent advances in understanding the importance of respiratory frequency (f R) as a
sensitive marker of a variety of physiopathological stressors are fostering growing interest in …

Wearable optical fiber sensors have great potential for development in medical monitoring.
With the increasing demand for compactness, comfort, accuracy, and other features in new …

Systems for cardiorespiratory monitoring hold tremendous promise for many applications in
clinical settings, harsh environments, sports science and telemonitoring. However, the …

In this work, we report fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) embedded in silicone tubes for joint
movement monitoring. We integrate the sensors on finger guard bands and worn on a …

Recent advances in the Medical Internet of Things (MIoT) and big data enable a prospering
platform for pervasive healthcare and facilitate the transformation from hospital-centered to …

Sensors suitable for wearable devices have many special characteristics compared to other
sensors, such as stability, sensitivity, sensor volume, biocompatibility, and so on. With the …

There is a growing need to measure respiratory rate (RR) in a variety of applications,
including in clinical and occupational settings, as well as during physical exercises. Fiber …

With the increasing demand for rehabilitation of the elderly population and patients with limb
injuries, it is imperative to develop new wearable health monitoring system and assistive …

Fiber optic sensors based on fiber Bragg grating (FBG) technology have the potential to
revolutionize the way vital signs of the human body are measured and monitored. By …