TY - GEN
T1 - Optical Fiber Fabry-Perot based Spirometer for Pulmonary Health Assessment
T2 - 2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2021
AU - Nepomuceno, Ana Catarina
AU - Paixao, Tiago
AU - Alberto, Nelia
AU - Andre, Paulo
AU - Antunes, Paulo
AU - Radwan, Ayman
AU - Domingues, M. Fatima
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported by the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER), through the Regional Operational Programme of Lisbon (POR LISBOA 2020) and the Regional Operational Programme of Centre (CENTRO 2020) of the Portugal 2020 framework [Project Safe-Home with Nr. 072082 (CENTRO-01-0247-FEDER-072082)]; This work is also funded by FCT/MCTES through national funds and when applicable co-funded EU funds under the project UIDB/50008/2020-UIDP/50008/2020, and the internal project X-0005-AV-20-NICE-HOME. The work of author Ayman Radwan was supported by FCT / MEC through Programa Operacional Regional do Centro and by the European Union through the European Social Fund (ESF) under Investigador FCT Grant (5G-AHEAD IF/FCT-IF/01393/2015/CP1310/CT0002). Author Domingues and Alberto acknowledge the scientific action REACT and PREDICT, co-funded by FEDER – PT2020 partnership agreement under the project UID/EEA/50008/2019 FCT.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - In this paper, we present an optical fiber based approach to accurately evaluate the respiratory capacity of individuals through spirometry. The proposed system converts the air flow rate into strain variations in an optical fiber, which will modulate the spectral response of a Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) micro-cavity, created in the fiber core. Simulation studies were performed to verify the proposed theoretical approach. Additionally, preliminary results concerning the study of the system's reliability are also presented, which confirm the suitability of using FPI sensors for the evaluation of spirometry parameters. The simulation and implementation results showcase the accuracy of the measurements performed by the proposed solution, confirming its appropriateness to be used as a smart low-cost eHealth spirometer. This is the first time such FPI approach is used with this purpose.
AB - In this paper, we present an optical fiber based approach to accurately evaluate the respiratory capacity of individuals through spirometry. The proposed system converts the air flow rate into strain variations in an optical fiber, which will modulate the spectral response of a Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) micro-cavity, created in the fiber core. Simulation studies were performed to verify the proposed theoretical approach. Additionally, preliminary results concerning the study of the system's reliability are also presented, which confirm the suitability of using FPI sensors for the evaluation of spirometry parameters. The simulation and implementation results showcase the accuracy of the measurements performed by the proposed solution, confirming its appropriateness to be used as a smart low-cost eHealth spirometer. This is the first time such FPI approach is used with this purpose.
KW - Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI)
KW - flow sensor
KW - optical fiber
KW - pulmonary function test
KW - spirometry
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85127302598&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/GLOBECOM46510.2021.9685881
DO - 10.1109/GLOBECOM46510.2021.9685881
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85127302598
T3 - 2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2021 - Proceedings
BT - 2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2021 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 7 December 2021 through 11 December 2021
ER -