Special Issue "Medical Sensors"
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomedical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 January 2022.
Special Issue Editor
Interests: implantable sensors; wireless sensors; regenerative medicine; biomedical instrumentation; magnetoelastic materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sensors is inviting researchers to highlight the latest advancement in medical sensors by reporting on the development and implementation of these technologies for the study, treatment, and prevention of various diseases and injuries. This issue is particularly looking for recent technological innovations, including, but not limited to, new developments and recent improvements in designs, electronics, data processing, and materials for medical sensors. In addition, solutions to the challenges faced by medical sensors and their use for disease diagnosis and treatment are also of great interest. Below is a list of the focus areas for this issue.
- Medial sensor design and fabrication
- Innovative sensing technologies for medical applications
- New or improved fabrication techniques for medical sensors
- New technologies for enhancing the performance of medical sensors
- Development/improvement in medical devices for disease diagnosis
- New sensors for biomarker detection
- New designs or developments of implantable sensors
- Power management such as energy harvesting, energy storage, wireless power and energy conservation
- Innovations in point-of-care medical sensors
- Applications
- Implementations of medical sensors for treating, monitoring, or preventing of diseases and/or injuries
- Reports and solutions for challenges such as biocompatibility issue, sensor fouling and drift, and other technical limitations of current medical sensors
- Applications of medical sensors as research tools
In addition to the priority areas listed above, Sensors will also consider other findings and advancements related to medical sensors. However, it is advisable to communicate with the Guest Editors to determine their alignment to this issue. Sensors will also accept critical reviews in the field or subfield of medical sensors, but prior coordination with the Guest Editors is recommended.
Prof. Dr. Keat Ghee Ong
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- Medical sensors
- Implantable sensors
- Biosensors
- Point-of-care technologies
- Sensor materials
- Biocompatibility
- Medical devices
- Biomarkers
- Sensor data analysis and processing
- Medical diagnosis
- Regenerative medicine
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: review
Authors: Richard Trohman
Affiliation: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, United States
Abstract: Chronotropic incompetence (CI) is defined as the inability of to increase heart rate commensurate with increased activity or demand. CI results in exercise intolerance and reduces quality-of-life.
Cardiac pacing remains the only effective treatment for chronic, symptomatic bradycardia. Although highly effective, cardiac pacing alone may be insufficient to address exercise intolerance, fatigue or dyspnea on exertion. Rate-responsive (adaptive) pacing employs sensors to detect physical or physiological indices and mimic the response of the normal sinus node.
This review will discuss the development, strengths and limitations of a variety of sensors that have been used to address chronotropic incompetence. In addition, we will discuss special sensor applications used to respond prophylactically to physiologic signals. Before proceeding, it is important to review some basics of exercise physiology in order to understand the pathophysiologic consequences, options and limitations of current therapy.