Wearable Electromagnetic Technology: From Sensing to Real-Time Health Monitoring
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Intelligent Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026 | Viewed by 7
Special Issue Editors
Interests: electromagnetic imaging; wearable technology; wearable antenna; knee injuries; microwave sensor designs; antenna designs; imaging algorithms; dielectric properties of biological tissue; phantom modelling and fabrication
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Interests: near field sensor development; microwave ablation; electromagnetic medical imaging; clinical data acquisition and analysis; electromagnetic tissue characterization; microwave circuit design
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will focus on the latest advancements in wearable electromagnetic sensing and imaging technology, highlighting innovations across design, material science, embedded data analytics, and real-world biomedical applications. It aims to provide a comprehensive yet focused overview of how wearable electromagnetic systems—enabled by microwave/antenna design, AI-driven interpretation, and system integration—are revolutionizing continuous health monitoring, dynamic tissue assessment, and personalized diagnostics.
Key emphasis is placed on real-time operation, addressing the complete pathway from novel sensor concepts and miniaturized hardware to intelligent data processing and clinical validation. This issue seeks to showcase research that bridges the gap between wearable technology fundamentals and the specific engineering challenges of implementing reliable, low-power electromagnetic sensing on the body.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Wearable electromagnetic sensing and imaging systems.
- Sensor and antenna miniaturization: flexible, textile-integrated, and conformal designs.
- Energy harvesting and wireless power transfer for sustainable wearable operation.
- Microwave/electromagnetic imaging for real-time tissue monitoring and diagnostics.
- Healthcare technology integration: mobile health platforms and continuous data frameworks.
- Wearable and implantable antenna design for biomedical applications.
- Microwave biomedical devices and low-power RF front-end electronics.
- AI-driven data interpretation: real-time signal processing, image reconstruction, and classification.
- System co-design and multi-modal sensor fusion.
- Clinical applications: skin cancer screening, edema monitoring, wound healing assessment, and chronic disease management.
Dr. Kamel Sultan
Dr. Syed Akbar Raza Naqvi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wearable biosensors
- biomedical microwave imaging
- wearable antennas
- flexible electronics
- health monitoring
- microwave sensing
- real-time diagnostics
- biomedical applications
- antenna miniaturization
- AI-driven signal processing
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