Sensing Technology: Current Status and Future Trends I

✍ Scribed by M. Ribeiro, O. Postolache, P. Girão (auth.), Alex Mason, Subhas Chandra Mukhopadhyay, Krishanthi Padmarani Jayasundera, Nabarun Bhattacharyya (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 329
• Series: Smart Sensors, Measurement and Instrumentation 7
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is written for academic and industry professionals working in the field of sensing, instrumentation and related fields, and is positioned to give a snapshot of the current state of the art in sensing technology, particularly from the applied perspective. The book is intended to give a broad overview of the latest developments, in addition to discussing the process through which researchers go through in order to develop sensors, or related systems, which will become more widespread in the future.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
A Novel Smart Sensing Platform for Vital Signs and Motor Activity Monitoring....Pages 1-24
Real-Time Monitoring of Respiratory Diseases of Distantly Located Elderly Impaired Patients....Pages 25-40
Real-Time Position Sensing for Biofeedback-Based Gait Training....Pages 41-55
A Comprehensive Seven Layer Sensor Model: Cyber-Physical System....Pages 57-81
Small-Signal Analysis of the Nonlinear Acoustic Behavior of Vented Vessels....Pages 83-97
Flexible Electromagnetic Wave Sensors for Real-Time Assessment of Water Contaminants....Pages 99-115
Assessing Water-Holding Capacity (WHC) of Meat Using Microwave Spectroscopy....Pages 117-140
Microwave Tomography in Timber Processing: Two Examples....Pages 141-159
A Novel Method for Monitoring Structural Metallic Materials Using Microwave NDT....Pages 161-180
Nanostructured Nickel Oxide by Hydrothermal Route for Gas Sensing Applications....Pages 181-193
Preparation of Ni-doped ZnO Nanorods by Hydrothermal Route for Gas Sensor Applications....Pages 195-207
Studies of Microstructure Properties and Gas Sensing Performance of (Sn 0.3 Ti 0.7 ) O 2 Thick Film Resistors....Pages 209-230
Synthesis, Characterization and Ammonia Gas Sensing Properties of Cr 2 O 3 Doped ZrO 2 Thick Film Resistor....Pages 231-254
Effectiveness of Argon Nanobubbles in Realizing Enhanced Optical Sensitization for Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy....Pages 255-268
Overview of the Development and Applications of a Vision Based Scene Change Detector....Pages 269-296
Design of AC–DC Converter for Magnetic Energy Harvesting Device....Pages 297-308
Modern Methods of Monitoring Radiological Contamination of Water Reservoirs....Pages 309-324
Back Matter....Pages 325-327

✦ Subjects

Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation; Communications Engineering, Networks; Analytical Chemistry