Sensor Review: Volume 25 Issue 4
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The international journal of sensing for industryTable of contents - Special Issue: Medical Sensors
Guest Editors: GUEST SPECIALIST Hunor Santha
Medical and biological sensors: a technical and commercial review
James P. SmithDescribes the history and development of biosensors and their commercial application.
Imaging developments benefit medical applications
Christine ConnollyReviews some of the improvements in image sensor technology that are yielding applications in the medical field.
Nanoparticle‐based assay set to revolutionise clinical diagnostics
Robert BogueTo describe a new high sensitivity, nanotechnology‐based technique for detecting DNA and disease‐related proteins.
A review of medical microscopy techniques
Christine ConnollyExamines some of the recent technical developments that are leading to a wider use of powerful methods in medical microscopy.
A further step beyond wireless capsule endoscopy
Yoshihiro KusudaAims to report on a new trend of research and development in the wireless capsule endoscope.
A vision system for patient positioning in radiation therapy
Salil Shukla, Colin Bradley, Wayne Beckham, Derek WellsThe paper outlines a new approach for positioning a patient on the treatment table for radiation therapy sessions. The vision approach utilizes lasers and cameras for positioning…
A polyimide based resistive humidity sensor
Muthukumaran Packirisamy, Ion Stiharu, Xing Li, Gino RinaldiTo establish an accurate and sensitive method to characterize the moisture content of a particular environment.
Review of the potential of a wireless MEMS microsystem for biomedical applications
A. Arshak, K. Arshak, G. Lyons, D. Waldron, D. Morris, O. Korostynska, E. JaferTelemetry capsules have existed since the 1950s and were used to measure temperature, pH or pressure inside the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. It was hoped that these capsules would…
Heterogeneous embedded system with “microcontroller‐CPLD” based shared memory interface for sensor applications
Jivan Shrikrishna Parab, Rupesh Sadanand Paliekar Porob, Kottanal Roy Francis Joseph, Kunal Vishwanath Naik, Rajanish K. Kamat, Gourish M. NaikAims to design a heterogeneous embedded system with CPLD and microcontroller as co‐processors sharing a memory module.
Automation in biotechnology – active ingredient analysis on brain tissue
Justus Hortig, Torsten Boehme, Torsten Felsch, Norbert ElkmannIntroduction of an automated laboratory system for a new field of laboratory operation, namely cultivation and handling of live brain tissue.
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Professor Kean C. Aw