Advances in Sleep Monitoring Sensors, Devices, and Computational Technologies

Dear Colleagues

Sleep plays a central role in brain and body functions, and therefore, sufficient sleep and good sleep quality are a central aspect of our health. Sleep monitoring offers the opportunity to identify disrupted, insufficient, and pathological sleep processes, and to monitor treatment- and intervention-specific benefits on sleep. Fostering early and widespread detection of sleep disorders and insufficient sleep opens the gates for early therapeutic interventions, which is a key aspect in preventing and ameliorating health impairments in our society. Consequently, new techniques have emerged that allow for detailed visualization and identification of sleep patterns from various physiological signals, both in lab and in real-life environments. Some of these methods involve mobile solutions that promote non-obtrusive, long-term assessment of sleep at home. Beyond detection of sleep abnormalities, some new technologies further carry the potential of visualizing new mechanistic processes during sleep. This fosters the identification of treatment targets and our understanding of sleep’s role in health.

This Special Issue is therefore dedicated to articles that focus on (1) advances in techniques (e.g., devices, algorithms) that allow for more defined, less obtrusive, and more objective identification of sleep quality and sleep disorders, and (2) advances in non-invasive techniques that improve our understanding of processes occurring during sleep, i.e., help to identify the functional relevance.

Dr. Caroline Lustenberger
Prof. Maarten De Vos
Dr. Sami Myllymaa
Guest Editors

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