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Advances in Optical Sensing, Instrumentation and Systems: 3rd Edition

A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Sensors".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2027 | Viewed by 835

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Department of AI Technology Development, M&D Data Science Center, Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Interests: medical image and signal processing; cardiac modeling and simulation; medical instrumentation
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School of Control Engineering, Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
Interests: optical detection and imaging
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The goal of this Special Issue is to introduce recent advances in optical sensing, instrumentation, and systems. This Special Issue involves medical imaging, virtual reality, 3D reconstruction, automatic driving devices, optical system optimization, Internet of Things, security facilities, navigation systems, computer vision devices, optical materials, optical battery, etc.

Following the great success of our previous Special Issue series, “Advances in Optical Sensing, Instrumentation and Systems” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/Optical_SIS) and “Advances in Optical Sensing, Instrumentation and Systems: 2nd Edition” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/D1C2B40QZ4), we continue to aim to publish papers with theoretical and practical novelties in optical sensing, instrumentation, and systems involving medical imaging, computer vision, machine learning, nature-inspired optimization, 3D reconstruction, and any other possible applications.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Optical coherence tomography in biometrics and diagnosis;
  • The implementation of deep learning in optical systems;
  • The optimization of optical systems using nature-inspired optimization methods;
  • 3D reconstruction of uncalibrated visual system in arbitrary scene;
  • Image and signal processing in optical sensing, instrumentation, and systems;
  • Advance laser technology;
  • Optical networks;
  • Optical communication;
  • Optical sensors;
  • Optical materials;
  • Optical devices;
  • Photoelectric sensing;
  • Optical navigation;
  • Nano-optics technology;
  • Optical sensing and diagnosis;
  • Endoscopic microscopy;
  • Optical imaging;
  • Visual sensing;
  • Computer vision;
  • Optical measurement;
  • AI applications in optical sensing;
  • Spectrum detection and analysis;
  • Fiber sensors;
  • Surface plasmon resonance technology.

Prof. Dr. Xin Zhu
Prof. Dr. Zhenhe Ma
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • optical coherence tomography (OCT)
  • image processing
  • deep learning
  • binocular vision
  • 3D reconstruction
  • optimization
  • spectral analysis
  • computer vision
  • stereo vision
  • surface plasmon resonance

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Article
Influence of Mold Design and Molding Conditions on the Optical Properties of Contact Lenses
by Kazumasa Tatsumi, Kentaro Saeki, Shin Kubota, Yoshikatsu Kaneda, Kenji Uno, Kazuhiko Ohnuma and Tatsuo Shiina
Sensors 2026, 26(10), 3007; https://doi.org/10.3390/s26103007 - 10 May 2026
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Injection molding is essential for mass-producing soft contact lenses, yet molding-induced deformation remains a decisive factor for optical quality. This study systematically evaluated the impact of resin mold design factors (optical zone (OZ) radius of curvature and resin mold thickness) and injection molding [...] Read more.
Injection molding is essential for mass-producing soft contact lenses, yet molding-induced deformation remains a decisive factor for optical quality. This study systematically evaluated the impact of resin mold design factors (optical zone (OZ) radius of curvature and resin mold thickness) and injection molding parameters (holding pressure and injection speed) on the properties of a dry-state lens (dry lens) using an L18 orthogonal array. The results demonstrated that optimizing the resin mold thickness to 0.9 mm reduced astigmatism by approximately 95%, while high holding pressure and low injection speed improved structural stability. Notably, the findings suggest that the refractive power of the dry lens is more strongly governed by macro-level curvature fluctuations and internal stress distributions arising from the resin mold thickness and shape than by the wavefront aberrations of the resin mold itself. Designs with a smaller radius of curvature (R = 6.5 mm) exhibited substantial power deviations of up to +2.8 D, whereas deviations remained within ±0.2 D for designs with a larger radius of curvature (R = 8.5 mm). For high-precision lens manufacturing, it is indispensable to incorporate a resin mold design that accounts for deformations induced during molding. This study provides comprehensive guidelines for achieving high-quality products by detailing the relationship between injection molding and design. Full article
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