Fiber Bragg Gratings for Medical Applications and Future Challenges: A Review

Daniela Lo Presti; Carlo Massaroni; Catia Sofia Jorge Leitao; Maria De Fatima Domingues; Marzhan Sypabekova; David Barrera; Ignazio Floris; Luca Massari; Calogero Maria Oddo; Salvador Sales; Iulian Ioan Iordachita; Daniele Tosi; Emiliano Schena

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3019138

IEEE Access (Jan 2020)

Fiber Bragg Gratings for Medical Applications and Future Challenges: A Review

Daniela Lo Presti,
Carlo Massaroni,
Catia Sofia Jorge Leitao,
Maria De Fatima Domingues,
Marzhan Sypabekova,
David Barrera,
Ignazio Floris,
Luca Massari,
Calogero Maria Oddo,
Salvador Sales,
Iulian Ioan Iordachita,
Daniele Tosi,
Emiliano Schena

Affiliations

Daniela Lo Presti: ORCiD; Departmental Faculty of Engineering, Unit of Measurements and Biomedical Instrumentation, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy
Carlo Massaroni: ORCiD; Departmental Faculty of Engineering, Unit of Measurements and Biomedical Instrumentation, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy
Catia Sofia Jorge Leitao: ORCiD; i3N, Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
Maria De Fatima Domingues: ORCiD; Instituto de Telecomunicações-University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
Marzhan Sypabekova: School of Medicine, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
David Barrera: ORCiD; Department of Electronics, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Ignazio Floris: Photonics Research Labs (PRL), iTEAM, Universidad Politécnica de València, València, Spain
Luca Massari: ORCiD; Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA), The BioRobotics Institute, Pisa, Italy
Calogero Maria Oddo: ORCiD; Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA), The BioRobotics Institute, Pisa, Italy
Salvador Sales: ORCiD; Photonics Research Labs (PRL), iTEAM, Universidad Politécnica de València, València, Spain
Iulian Ioan Iordachita: ORCiD; School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Daniele Tosi: ORCiD; School of Engineering, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Emiliano Schena: ORCiD; Departmental Faculty of Engineering, Unit of Measurements and Biomedical Instrumentation, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3019138
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8
pp. 156863 – 156888

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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, immunity to electromagnetic interferences, high sensitivity and multiplexing capability. FBGs have been employed in the development of surgical tools, assistive devices, wearables, and biosensors, showing great potentialities for medical uses. This paper reviews the FBG-based measuring systems, their principle of work, and their applications in medicine and healthcare. Particular attention is given to sensing solutions for biomechanics, minimally invasive surgery, physiological monitoring, and medical biosensing. Strengths, weaknesses, open challenges, and future trends are also discussed to highlight how FBGs can meet the demands of next-generation medical devices and healthcare system.

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ISSN: 2169-3536 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
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