title: [Progress and application of sensors in medicine].
abstract: Sensors are apparatus that can percept specific matter information and change them into useful signals. They are widely used in medicine and are core components of medical equipments, and have become one of critical factors to accelerate the development of medicine. The applications of sensors in medical domain such as assistant examination, monitoring, treatment, disease prevention etc., and their progress tendency, were described detailedly in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510282, China.
authors.forename: Jianguo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shuai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Zonghai
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D053704:Capsule Endoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*