Optical Fiber Sensors for Biomedical Applications

Optical fiber technology offers a convenient, affordable, safe and effective approach for the delivery and collection of light to and from the tissue region of interest, and has been employed clinically since the 1960s [1]. This chapter discusses and reviews the recent developments in optical fiber sensor technology in the field of biomedicine.

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