Precise Temperature Measurement for Increasing the Survival of Newborn Babies in Incubator Environments

Sensors

Robert Frischer³  Marek Penhaker³  Ondrej Krejcar²  Marian Kacerovsky¹ 

[1] Biomedical Research Center, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove 50003, Czech Republic; E-Mail:;Center for Basic and Applied Research, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Rokitanskeho 62, Hradec Kralove 50003, Czech Republic;Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. Listopadu 15, Ostrava Poruba 70833, Czech Republic; E-Mails:

关键词: temperature measurement;    incubator;    sensitivity increasing;    A/D converter;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s141223563

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Precise temperature measurement is essential in a wide range of applications in the medical environment, however the regarding the problem of temperature measurement inside a simple incubator, neither a simple nor a low cost solution have been proposed yet. Given that standard temperature sensors don't satisfy the necessary expectations, the problem is not measuring temperature, but rather achieving the desired sensitivity. In response, this paper introduces a novel hardware design as well as the implementation that increases measurement sensitivity in defined temperature intervals at low cost.

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