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Christopher R Dennison et al 2008 Meas. Sci. Technol. 19 085201 doi:10.1088/0957-0233/19/8/085201

A minimally invasive in-fiber Bragg grating sensor for intervertebral disc pressure measurements

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Christopher R Dennison1, Peter M Wild1, David R Wilson2 and Peter A Cripton2,3

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