Low-Cost Fiber-Optic Sensing System with Smartphone Interrogation for Pulse Wave Monitoring
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Sensor Principle
3. Quantization Noises in Smartphone-Interrogated Sensing System
4. Measurement Results
4.1. Experimental Signals: Noise Analysis
4.2. Pulse Wave Signals Processing and Analysis
- Standard deviations of delays of the first two reflected waves with respect to the direct wave (denoted as RPWDF, );
- Standard deviations of widths of the direct and the first two reflected waves (denoted as RPWDF, i from 0 to 2);
- Ratio of standard deviations of the first two reflected waves’ amplitudes and the corresponding direct wave’s amplitude (denoted as RPWDF, ).
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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FPI, [24] | SMP, Min | SMP, Max | |
---|---|---|---|
SNR, dB | 65 | 20.4 | 25.4 |
CPWI average, r.u. | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.99 |
CPWI , r.u. | 0.07 | 0.007 | 0.1 |
, ms | 16 | 6.3 | 17.7 |
, ms | 17 | 27.5 | 56.3 |
, ms | 4.6 | 3.4 | 6.4 |
, ms | 7.5 | 4.7 | 14.3 |
, ms | 25.6 | 15.9 | 31.8 |
, r.u. | 0.27 | 0.12 | 0.39 |
, r.u. | 0.23 | 0.15 | 0.36 |
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Markvart, A.; Petrov, A.; Tataurtshikov, S.; Liokumovich, L.; Ushakov, N. Low-Cost Fiber-Optic Sensing System with Smartphone Interrogation for Pulse Wave Monitoring. Photonics 2023, 10, 1074. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics10101074
Markvart A, Petrov A, Tataurtshikov S, Liokumovich L, Ushakov N. Low-Cost Fiber-Optic Sensing System with Smartphone Interrogation for Pulse Wave Monitoring. Photonics. 2023; 10(10):1074. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics10101074
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarkvart, Aleksandr, Alexander Petrov, Sergei Tataurtshikov, Leonid Liokumovich, and Nikolai Ushakov. 2023. "Low-Cost Fiber-Optic Sensing System with Smartphone Interrogation for Pulse Wave Monitoring" Photonics 10, no. 10: 1074. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics10101074