Present technological demands in disparate areas, such as microfluidics and nanofluidics,
microelectronics and nanoelectronics, photonics and biomedicine, among others, have …

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 …

There is an ever-growing demand for measuring respiratory variables during a variety of
applications, including monitoring in clinical and occupational settings, and during sporting …

The use of sensors in the real world is on the rise, providing information on medical
diagnostics for healthcare and improving quality of life. Optical fiber sensors, as a result of …

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 …

Optical fibre sensors (OFS), as a result of their unique properties such as small size, no
interference with electromagnetic radiation, high sensitivity and the ability to design …

In this study, it is shown how the temperature range of luminescent thermometers can be
widened in an unprecedented way by combining the intra‐and interconfigurational …

Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) are one of the most popular technology within fiber-optic
sensors, and they allow the measurement of mechanical, thermal, and physical parameters …

Laser ablation (LA) is gaining acceptance for the treatment of tumors as an alternative to
surgical resection. This paper reviews the use of lasers for ablative and surgical …