http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/state-of-the-art-austria/ {snippet name="submission_info"} http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/7/6361/ A piezoelectric 10 MHz multichannel quartz crystal microbalance (MQCM), coated with six molecularly imprinted polystyrene artificial recognition membranes have been developed for selective quantification of terpenes emanated from fresh and dried Lamiaceae family species, i.e., rosemary (Rosmarinus Officinalis L.), basil (Ocimum Basilicum) and sage (Salvia Officinalis). Optimal e-nose parameters, such as layer heights (1–6 KHz), sensitivity http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/7/6361/ Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 CEST Sensors 2010-06-28 10 7 Article 6361 6376 1424-8220 QCM-Arrays for Sensing Terpenes in Fresh and Dried Herbs via Bio-Mimetic MIP Layers 2010-06-28 doi: 10.3390/s100706361 Naseer Iqbal Ghulam Mustafa Abdul Rehman Alexander Biedermann Bita Najafi Peter A. Lieberzeit Franz L. Dickert http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/6/5724/ Analogous to the evolution of biological sensor-systems, the progress in “medical sensor-systems”, i.e., diagnostic procedures, is paradigmatically described. Outstanding highlights of this progress are magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy (MRS), which enable non-invasive, in vivo acquisition of morphological, functional, and metabolic information from the human body with unsurpassed quality. Recent achievements in high and ultra-high field MR (at 3 and 7 Tesla) are described, and representative research applications in Medicine and Psychology in Austria are discussed. Finally, an overview of current and prospective research in multi-modal imaging, potential clinical applications, as well as current limitations and challenges is given. http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/6/5724/ Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 CEST Sensors 2010-06-08 10 6 Article 5724 5757 1424-8220 Windows on the Human Body – in Vivo High-Field Magnetic Resonance Research and Applications in Medicine and Psychology 2010-06-08 doi: 10.3390/s100605724 Moser Meyerspeer Fischmeister Grabner Bauer Trattnig http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/6/5626/ In the present paper, a review on piezoelectric sensing of mechanical deformations and vibrations of so-called smart or intelligent structures is given. After a short introduction into piezoelectric sensing and actuation of such controlled structures, we pay special emphasis on the description of some own work, which has been performed at the Institute of Technical Mechanics of the Johannes Kepler University of Linz (JKU) in the last years. Among other aspects, this work has been motivated by the fact that collocated control of smart structures requires a sensor output that is work-conjugated to the input by the actuator. This fact in turn brings into the play the more general question of how to measure mechanically meaningful structural quantities, such as displacements, slopes, or other quantities, which form the work-conjugated quantities of the actuation, by means piezoelectric sensors. At least in the range of small strains, there is confidence that distributed piezoelectric sensors or sensor patches in smart structures do measure weighted integrals over their domain. Therefore, there is a need of distributing or shaping the sensor activity in order to be able to re-interpret the sensor signals in the desired mechanical sense. We sketch a general strategy that is based on a special application of work principles, more generally on displacement virials. We also review our work in the past on bringing this concept to application in smart structures, such as beams, rods and plates. http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/6/5626/ Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 CEST Sensors 2010-06-03 10 6 Article 5626 5641 1424-8220 On the Use of Piezoelectric Sensors in Structural Mechanics: Some Novel Strategies 2010-06-03 doi: 10.3390/s100605626 Irschik Krommer Vetyukov http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/5/4700/ Medical infrared thermography (MIT) is used for analyzing physiological functions related to skin temperature. Technological advances have made MIT a reliable medical measurement tool. This paper provides an overview of MIT´s technical requirements and usefulness in sports medicine, with a special focus on overuse and traumatic knee injuries. Case studies are used to illustrate the clinical applicability and limitations of MIT. It is concluded that MIT is a non-invasive, non-radiating, low cost detection tool which should be applied for pre-scanning athletes in sports medicine. http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/5/4700/ Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 CEST Sensors 2010-05-07 10 5 Article 4700 4715 1424-8220 An Overview of Recent Application of Medical Infrared Thermography in Sports Medicine in Austria 2010-05-07 doi: 10.3390/s100504700 Hildebrandt Raschner Ammer