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 …

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 …

Interest in polymer optical fiber Bragg gratings (POFBGs) arises from the different material
properties and sensing modalities brought by polymers relative to silica. Polymer fibers …

The monitoring of human physiological signs and body functions, such as respiration rate,
heart rate, foot pressure, and joint movement, plays an important role in medical advances …

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 …

In this paper, we present the development of a polymer optical fiber (POF) sensor for
simultaneous measurement of breath (BR) and heart rates (HR). The sensor is embedded …

Monitorization of gait‐related parameters is of the utmost importance to prevent
complications in several diseases, ensuring affordable healthcare for the growing amount of …

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 …

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 …

This paper presents a review of FSS technology. The operation principle and main
characteristics of specklegram are presented and the applications of FSSs are thoroughly …