title: Portable optical fiber probe for in vivo brain temperature measurements.
abstract: This work reports on the development of an optical fiber based probe for in vivo measurements of brain temperature. By utilizing a thin layer of rare-earth doped tellurite glass on the tip of a conventional silica optical fiber a robust probe, suitable for long-term in vivo measurements of temperature can be fabricated. This probe can be interrogated using a portable optical measurement setup, allowing for measurements to be performed outside of standard optical laboratories.
authors: ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics and Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia; School of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
authors: Stefan
authors: S
authors: Musolino
authors: ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics and Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia; School of Physical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
authors: Erik P
authors: EP
authors: Schartner
authors: ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics and Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia; School of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
authors: Georgios
authors: G
authors: Tsiminis
authors: School of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
authors: Abdallah
authors: A
authors: Salem
authors: ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics and Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia; The University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
authors: Tanya M
authors: TM
authors: Monro
authors: ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics and Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia; School of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
authors: Mark R
authors: MR
authors: Hutchinson
keywords: (060.2370) Fiber optics sensors; (120.6780) Temperature; (170.3890) Medical optics instrumentation; (170.6280) Spectroscopy, fluorescence and luminescence