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An improved method for detecting passive pills.

T A Delchar·M J Smith
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Abstract

One of the principal disadvantages of the passive pill as a telemetric method for measuring various physiological parameters has been its resticted range. The reasons for the restricted range with existing detection methods are discussed. An improved method using a locking spectrometer based on third-order phase-sensitive detection is described and its performance is assessed. A significant increase in the usable range of a high sensitivity passive pill is obtained.

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T A Delchar, M J Smith. 1976. An improved method for detecting passive pills.. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155%2F21%2F4%2F009

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