2016-08-242016-08-242007-03-27http://hdl.handle.net/10919/72557Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a system comprising a spatially distributed multimode optical fiber; a pixelated photodetector configured to detect a plurality of optical signals provided from said fiber, a first portion of the optical signals indicative of modal conversion and a second portion of the optical signals indicative of modal interference, a predetermined area of said pixelated photodetector adapted to be illuminated by the first portion of the optical signals; and a signal processing module adapted to decode and interpret a plurality of detected variables related to the optical signals.application/pdfen-USPatenthttp://pimg-fpiw.uspto.gov/fdd/17/963/071/0.pdf11090898250/227.14385/13A61B5/1115A61B5/113A61B5/447A61B5/024A61B5/1102A61B5/7257A61B2562/0233G01J1/4228G01J1/04G01J1/0425G01J1/0437G01J1/02197196317