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Zeitschriftenartikel:

S. Traxler, H. Pfützner, E. Kaniusas, K. Futschik:
"Magneto-elastic Bilayers for Sleep Apnea Monitoring";
Materials Science Forum, vol 670 (2011), S. 355 - 359.



Kurzfassung englisch:
Magneto-elastic bilayers (BLs), consisting of a magnetostrictive layer and a non-magnetic counter layer, show highest sensitivity with respect to bending. This paper describes a biomedical application in the field of sleep apnea screening. A multi-parametric detector fixed at the thorax contains two BLs. One BL yields a skin curvature sensor adjusting itself to curvature variations given by physiological activities. The second BL exhibits a free end thus working as a motion sensor. The two signals are fed into artificial neural networks for the detection of events like normal respiration and apneas, as well as body movements and position.

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