Sensor Review: Volume 40 Issue 4

Micro-crack detection of solar cell based on adaptive deep features and visual saliency

Xiaoliang Qian, Jing Li, Jianwei Zhang, Wenhao Zhang, Weichao Yue, Qing-E Wu, Huanlong Zhang, Yuanyuan Wu, Wei Wang

An effective machine vision-based method for micro-crack detection of solar cell can economically improve the qualified rate of solar cells. However, how to extract features which…

Compressed sensing grid-based target stepwise location method in underground tunnel

ZiJian Tian, XiaoWei Gong, FangYuan He, JiaLuan He, XuQi Wang

To solve the problem that the traditional received signal strength indicator real-time location method does not test the attenuation characteristics of the electromagnetic wave…

A novel gas/liquid two-phase flow imaging method through electrical resistance tomography with DDELM-AE sparse dictionary

Bo Li, Jian ming Wang, Qi Wang, Xiu yan Li, Xiaojie Duan

The purpose of this paper is to explore gas/liquid two-phase flow is widely existed in industrial fields, especially in chemical engineering. Electrical resistance tomography…

Review on sensitive and selective ethylene detection methods for fruit ripening application

Jayaraman Kathirvelan, Rajagopalan Vijayaraghavan

This work encompasses the various laboratory-based and portable methods evolved in recent times for sensitive and selective detection of ethylene for fruit-ripening application…

Element sensor based on microplasma generators

Tomasz Matusiak, Krzysztof Swiderski, Jan Macioszczyk, Piotr Jamroz, Pawel Pohl, Leszek Golonka

The purpose of this paper is to present a study on miniaturized instruments for analytical chemistry with a microplasma as the excitation source.

Accurate profile measurement method for industrial stereo-vision systems

Yang Zhang, Wei Liu, Yongkang Lu, Xikang Cheng, Weiqi Luo, Hongtu Di, Fuji Wang

Profile measurement with boundary information plays a vital role in the detection of quality in the assembly of aviation parts. The purpose of this paper is to improve the…

Real-time location estimation for indoor navigation using a visual-inertial sensor

Zhe Wang, Xisheng Li, Xiaojuan Zhang, Yanru Bai, Chengcai Zheng

The purpose of this study is to use visual and inertial sensors to achieve real-time location. How to provide an accurate location has become a popular research topic in the field…

New semi three-dimensional approach for simulation of Lamb wave clamp-on ultrasonic gas flowmeter

Seyed Foad Mousavi, Seyed Hassan Hashemabadi, Jalil Jamali

The purpose of this study is to numerically simulate the Lamb wave propagation through a clamp-on ultrasonic gas flowmeter (UGF) in contact mode, using a new semi…

Development of new modified electrode based on β-cyclodextrin for methylene blue detection

Ilhem Ghodbane, Saida Zougar, Rim Lamari, Rochdi Kherrrat

This paper aims to focus on the development and characterization of a new electrochemical sensor, designed for the detection of methylene blue present in aqueous medium.

Thin-film based sensor for the selective detection of mercury (Hg2+) ions at the picomolar range

Dinesh Ramkrushna Rotake, Anand Darji, Jitendra Singh

The purpose of this paper is a new thin-film based sensor proposed for sensitive and selective detection of mercury (Hg²⁺) ions in water. The thin-film platform is easy to use and…

Glucose oxidase-based biosensor for glucose detection from biological fluids

Pankaj Mandpe, Bala Prabhakar, Hunny Gupta, Pravin Shende

The present study aims to summarize different non-invasive techniques for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in diabetic patients using glucose-oxidase biosensors. In diabetic…

A novel apparatus to measure the biomechanical properties of blood vessels

Zhanshe Guo, Taiyi Zhang, Xiangdang Liang, Yutong Wang

The study of vascular mechanics is important. The purpose of this paper is to present an apparatus to measure the biomechanical properties of blood vessels, which can be used for…

A signed pulse-train-based image processor-array for parallel kernel convolution in vision sensors

Ahmad Reza Danesh, Mehdi Habibi

The purpose of this paper is to design a kernel convolution processor. High-speed image processing is a challenging task for real-time applications such as product quality control…