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 …

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 …

This article is focused on reviewing the current state-of-the-art of optical fibre pressure
sensors for medical applications. Optical fibres have inherent advantages due to their small …

Wearable sensing devices, which can find tremendous applications in healthcare and
automation, are attracting great attention in recent years. Herein, we report a flexible …

Wearable and skin‐mountable strain sensors are highly demanding for monitoring skin
deformations induced by human activities. Realization of such sensor devices based on …

We introduce a curvature sensor composed of a thin, transparent elastomer film
(polydimethylsiloxane, PDMS) embedded with a microchannel of conductive liquid (eutectic …

The turning point of the refractive index (RI) sensitivity based on the multimode microfiber
(MMMF) in-line Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) is observed. By tracking the resonant …

In recent years, fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) are becoming increasingly attractive for sensing
applications in biomechanics and rehabilitation engineering due to their advantageous …

Long‐term monitoring with optical fibers has moved into the focus of attention due to the
applicability for medical measurements. Within this Review, setups of flexible, unobtrusive …

In recent years, fiber sensing technology has become more and more important in many
fields of applied science. The versatility of the fiber sensors to obtain reliable and precise …