Polymer optical fiber sensors in healthcare applications: A comprehensive review

AG Leal-Junior, CAR Diaz, LM Avellar, MJ Pontes… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Advances in medicine and improvements in life quality has led to an increase in the life
expectancy of the general population. An ageing world population have placed demands on …

Wearable optical fiber sensors in medical monitoring applications: A review

X Zhang, C Wang, T Zheng, H Wu, Q Wu, Y Wang - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
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 …

Prediction of laser cutting parameters for polymethylmethacrylate sheets using random vector functional link network integrated with equilibrium optimizer

AH Elsheikh, TA Shehabeldeen, J Zhou… - Journal of Intelligent …, 2021 - Springer
In this paper, an enhanced random vector functional link network (RVFL) algorithm was
employed to predict kerf quality indices during CO 2 laser cutting of polymethylmethacrylate …

Embedded FBG-based sensor for joint movement monitoring

L Li, R He, MS Soares, S Savović, X Hu… - IEEE Sensors …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

Distributed polymer optical fiber sensors: A review and outlook

Y Mizuno, A Theodosiou, K Kalli, S Liehr, H Lee… - Photonics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Aging degradation and seismic damage of civil infrastructures have become a serious issue
for society, and one promising technology for monitoring their conditions is optical fiber …

Characterization and evaluation of human–exoskeleton interaction dynamics: a review

S Massardi, D Rodriguez-Cianca, D Pinto-Fernandez… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Exoskeletons and exosuits have witnessed unprecedented growth in recent years,
especially in the medical and industrial sectors. In order to be successfully integrated into …

Diaphragm-embedded optical fiber sensors: A review and tutorial

AG Leal-Junior, C Marques - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we thoroughly discuss many aspects of diaphragm-embedded optical fiber
sensors covering industrial, robotics and medical applications: from the modeling to field …

Recent trends and advances of fibre Bragg grating sensors in CYTOP polymer optical fibres

A Theodosiou, K Kalli - Optical Fiber Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Polymer optical fibre (POF) sensors have been the focus a many research studies for
approximately twenty years, due to their unique mechanical characteristics that offer the …

On the use of edge cracked short bend beam specimen for PMMA fracture toughness testing under mixed-mode I/II

SS Mousavi, MRM Aliha, DM Imani - Polymer Testing, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper an inclined edge cracked short beam specimen subjected to symmetric three-
point bend loading was designed and examined for conducting mixed-mode I/II fracture …

Review of femtosecond laser direct writing fiber-optic structures based on refractive index modification and their applications

J Zhao, Y Zhao, Y Peng, R Lv, Q Zhao - Optics & Laser Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Femtosecond (fs) laser pulses direct writing technology has been extensively employed to
achieve microfabrication in various optical fibers for a broad range of applications. In this …