Sensors

Sensor Technologies in Sports and Exercise

edited by

Andrea Nicolò

,

Carlo Massaroni

and

Elena Bergamini

submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 30267

Keywords: development of sensors and technologies for exercise monitoring; validation of signals and metrics recorded with wearable sensors during exercise; applications of sensor technologies in sports and exercise; performance and health assessment; training quantification; training load validation and assessment; training and performance modeling; use of biofeedback in sports and exercise; use of technology for improving exercise adherence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

New Prospects in Fiber Optic Sensors and Applications

edited by

Xingwei Wang

and

Xu Guo

submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 21104

Keywords: fiber-optic sensors; distributed fiber-optic sensing system; fiber-optic biomedical sensors; photoacoustics; signal processing; FOS manufacturing process

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Signal Processing and Sensing Technologies for Fault Diagnosis

edited by

Yi Wang

,

Longting Chen

and Liang Guo

submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 17463

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fault Diagnosis & Sensors)

Innovation on Wearable Sensors and Algorithms for Physiological Monitoring

edited by

Antonis A. Armoundas

submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 14678

Keywords: digital healthcare; wearable; ambulatory; monitoring; chronic conditions; algorithms; biomedical informatics; data science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Sensing in Supramolecular Chemistry

edited by

Franz L. Dickert

submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11843

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Intelligent Sensors in Smart Home and Cities

edited by Joan Lu and

Qiang Xu

submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11042

Keywords: decision analytics; predictive models; spatial analytics; risk analytics; graph analytics; big data; analytics; sustainable development; smart society; smart homes; smart city/cities; AI theory and technologies; big data science; signal processing; sensors; computational models for intelligent systems; advanced embedded systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Sensors for Predictive Maintenance of Machines

edited by Wenyi Wang

submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10949

Keywords: AI-based machine predictive maintenance; mechanical fault detection and diagnosis; big data analytics for condition/health monitoring; failure trending and prognosis; structural health monitoring methods; technologies and systems; advanced signal processing for condition/health monitoring; smart and novel sensors for condition/health monitoring; sensor networks and data fusion for fault diagnosis; failure prognosis and NDT

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fault Diagnosis & Sensors)

Artificial Intelligence and Sensor-Enhanced Fault Diagnosis for Industrial Application

edited by

Jing Wang

,

Meng Zhou

, Shenghui Guo and Weixin Han

submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10427

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Biomedical Sensing System Based on Image Analysis

edited by

Chen Li

and

Marcin Grzegorzek

submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8473

Keywords: medical image analysis; image classification; image segmentation; object detection; feature extraction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Integrated Sensing, Communication, and Computing Networks for IoT Applications

edited by Xiaojie Wang and

Lu Sun

submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6589

Keywords: sensors; communication; computing; IoT applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Mechanical Sensors in the 70th Anniversary of the Piezoresistive Effect

edited by

Ferran Reverter

submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5497

Keywords: mechanical sensor; capacitive sensor; strain gauge; piezoelectric sensor; MEMS; pressure sensor; acceleration sensor; sensor interface electronics; low-power interface circuits

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Advanced Sensor and Measurement Technologies in Astronomy and Astrophysics

edited by Giuseppe Romeo

submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5373

Keywords: sensors; space exploration; astronomy; astrophysics; cosmos

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Wearable Systems for Monitoring Joint Kinematics

edited by Arianna Carnevale and

Daniela Lo Presti

submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4242

Keywords: wearable systems for biomedical applications; wearable sensors for monitoring joint kinematics; wearable systems for applications in Orthopaedics; wearable body area networks; metrological characterization of wearable sensors; wearables for remote monitoring; signal processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Recent Advances in THz Sensing and Imaging

edited by Maxime Bernier, Gwenael Gaborit and Pierre-Baptiste Vigneron

submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4080

Keywords: gas sensing; nondestructive testing; THz prospection; subwavelength imaging; THz image processing; sensing and modeling of heterogeneous samples; QCL THz; THz-QWIP; THz lab-on-chip; THz detectors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Advanced Sensor-Based Methods for Condition Monitoring, Diagnostics, and Fault-Tolerant Control of Power Converters

edited by Dong Xie,

Shuiqing Xu

, Bo Yao and Hongjian Lin

submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3093

Keywords: power converter; power devices; AC/DC capacitors; condition monitoring; reliability evaluation; fault diagnosis; fault-tolerant control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Human-Robot Interaction for Intelligent Education and Engineering Applications

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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 16 articles | Viewed by 55595 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– robot interaction; learning behavior analysis; robot vision; machine learning; robot limb grasping; computer vision; human– computer interaction; learning quality; online education; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Smart Sensing Technologies for Human-Centered Healthcare: Research and Applications

edited by

Thanasis Tsanas

,

Andreas Triantafyllidis

,

Asimina Kiourti

and

Siddharth Arora

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 34384 | Submission Open

Keywords: actigraphy analysis; wearable sensors; ambient sensors; smartwatches; smartphones; data mining; biomedical signal processing and image processing; pattern recognition; telemonitoring; machine/deep learning and artificial intelligence in sensing and imaging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Body Surface Physiological Sensing for Advanced Cardiovascular Healthcare

edited by

Omar Escalona

, Dewar Finlay and

Fernando Soares Schlindwein

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 28713 | Submission Open

Keywords: Novel bipolar ECG leads interpretation; wireless interconnected ECG sensor systems; Wearable biocompatible dry ECG electrodes; body-surface physiological variables sensing techniques; noninvasive sensors; wireless control of cardiovascular therapeutic implanted devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

New Methods and Applications for UAVs

edited by

Andrzej Łukaszewicz

,

Carlos Tavares Calafate

and

Wojciech Giernacki

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 25986 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Body Sensor Networks and Wearables for Health Monitoring

edited by

Dario Salvi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 24575 | Submission Open

Keywords: body sensor networks; wearable sensors; health monitoring; Internet of Medical Things; mobile-health; digital-health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Security of IoT-Enabled Infrastructures in Smart Cities

edited by

Wenjuan Li

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 20823 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

(Bio)sensors for Physiological Monitoring

edited by

Falk Magnus

and

Sergey Shleev

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 17611 | Submission Open

Keywords: (bio)sensors; physical and chemical sensors; electrical; optical; mechanical; and thermal sensors; physiological monitoring; health monitoring; real-time sensing; wearable technology; personalized healthcare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Sensors for Human Posture and Movement

edited by

Luis Enrique Roche-Seruendo

,

Antonio Cartón-Llorente

,

Alberto Rubio-Peirotén

and

Alejandro Molina-Molina

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 15618 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearables and smart clothing; biosensors; running; gait; posture; jumping; biomechanical monitoring; electromyography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Feature Review Papers in the Biomedical Sensors Section

edited by

James F. Rusling

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 14111 | Submission Open

Keywords: in vivo sensors; cancer biomarkers; heart disease biomarkers; Alzheimer’ s disease biomarkers; sensors for physiological function; self-powered sensors; RNA sensors; CRISPR-based sensors; multiplexed sensors; wearable sensors; implanted sensors; nano-electronically powered sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Millimeter-Wave Antennas for 5G

edited by Minmin Mao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14084 | Submission Open

Keywords: millimeter-wave; antennas; 5G

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Extended Reality in Medicine and Healthcare: Methods, Technologies, Applications and Future Trends

edited by

Alida Mazzoli

,

Marco Mandolini

and

Agnese Brunzini

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13918 | Submission Open

Keywords: virtual reality; augmented Reality; mixed reality; metaverse; surgery; rehabilitation; surgical and medical simulation; health and medical education; health and medical training; intelligent healthcare service; telemedicine and telehealth; health 4.0; medical imaging; digital human modeling; interactive technologies and systems; multimodal interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)

Sensors and Extreme Environments

edited by

Ann Morrison

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12757 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme environments; harsh conditions; challenging terrains; severe climates; unforgiving settings; sensor resilience; extreme sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Advanced Wearable Sensors and Other Sensing Technologies for Diagnosis and Treatment of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12506 | Submission Open

Keywords: Parkinson’ s disease; movement disorders; parkinsonism; dystonia; ataxia; chorea; biosensors; wearable sensors; gait analysis; remote patient monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Health Monitoring and Maintenance of Road Pavements Using Emerging Sensing Technologies

edited by

Federico Gulisano

,

Juan Gallego Medina

and

Valerio Gagliardi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12184 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensing systems; pavement health monitoring; embedded sensors; self-sensing materials; spaceborne (SAR; optical; multispectral) aerial (UAVs) and ground-based sensing applications for road health monitoring; non-destructive testing surveys; digital signal processing (DSP) in sensor applications; pavement management systems (PMS); predictive and condition-based road maintenance; machine learning; augmented and virtual reality tools

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Emerging Technologies for Gait Analysis and Improvement: Sports and Clinical Applications

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10158 | Submission Open

Keywords: walking; running; assessment; monitoring; wearable sensor; wireless sensor; markerless technology; smart system; body-worn device; assistive device; sport; rehabilitation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Smart Sensors for Cardiac Health Monitoring

edited by

Gaetano D. Gargiulo

and

Emilio Andreozzi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9743 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Sensors for Non-Destructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring

edited by

Xing Fu

and

Hong-Nan Li

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9660 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-destructive testing sensor; damage identification; online monitoring; computer vision technology; deep learning; digital twin; data mining; data fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Optoelectronic Sensors

edited by

Paul R. Ohodnicki

,

Dolendra Karki

and

Khurram Naeem

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9188 | Submission Open

Keywords: optoelectronic sensors; fiber-optic sensors; on-chip photonic sensors; point/quasi-distributed/distributed fiber-optic sensors; sensor design and integration; fiber-optic sensor fabrication; sensing materials engineering; strain/temperature/gas/pressure/pH/acoustics/vibration sensors; electric/magnetic field sensors and materials; quantum sensing; interferometry in optical waveguides; magneto-optics; electro-optics; plasmonics; optical metamaterials; optical thin films; UV-VIS-NIR spectroscopy; single crystal fibers growth and application; nuclear radiation sensors; fiber-optic sensor-based structural health monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Sensors and Sensor Fusion Technology in Autonomous Vehicles

edited by

Stefano Quer

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8661 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor fusion; multi-sensor fusion; autonomous vehicles; autonomous driving; intelligent vehicles; self-driving cars; perception; environmental reconstruction; data integration; deep learning; multi-view; obstacle detection; target tracking; camera; lidar; radar

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Intelligent Sensors for Condition Monitoring, Diagnosis, and Prognostics

edited by Tianyu Gao,

Yinsheng Chen

, Jianyu Wang and Xiaoli Zhao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 8315 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent sensors; measurement; condition monitoring; anomaly detection; fault diagnosis; prognostics; machine learning; deep learning; signal processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Smart Sensor Systems for Positioning and Navigation

edited by Zhiyuan Luo and

Khuong An Nguyen

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7062 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor positioning; indoor mapping; indoor navigation; smart sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Navigation and Positioning)

Fiber Optic and Photonic Sensors for Healthcare Monitoring: Technology and Applications

edited by

Leonardo Bianchi

,

Paola Saccomandi

and

Carlos Marques

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6174 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber optic sensors; optical fiber technology; fiber bragg grating sensors; fluoroptic sensors; photonic sensors; healthcare monitoring; wearable sensors; physiological monitoring; biosensor design and applications; metrological characterization of photonic-based sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Recent Advances in Sensor Array Signal Processing and its Applications in Future Communication and Radar

edited by

Xiaofei Zhang

,

Jianfeng Li

and Wei Liu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4929 | Submission Open

Keywords: sparse array; signal processing; antenna arrays; MIMO radar

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Microfluidic Sensors for Biomedical Applications

edited by Nazmul Islam

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4867 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical sensors; biologically enable microfluidics; wearable biosensors; biochemical sensing; micro- and nanofluidic bio sensors; BioMEMS devices and systems; transport in biological and molecular systems; biologically enabled microfluidic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Biosensors for Point-of-Care Diagnostics

edited by

Dacheng Wei

and Derong Kong

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4652 | Submission Open

Keywords: point-of-care diagnostics; biosensors; molecular diagnostics; disease detection; healthcare; biomarkers; infectious disease testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensors Development)

Innovative Approaches in 3D Sensing and Imaging Technologies for Cultural Heritage

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4625 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D heritage documentation; digital twins; sensors and data fusion (visible/multispectral data); artificial intelligence (AI); digital photogrammetry; sensors development and application; lidar mapping; 3D mobile mapping (visual odometry and SLAM-based solution); digital technologies for NDT inspections and diagnostic; neural radiance field (NeRF); 360° photogrammetry and multi-camera 3D mapping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)

Sensor and Data Integration, Analysis and Exchange for Healthcare and Healthy Living

edited by

Carlos Agostinho

and

Luigi Gallo

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4507 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart sensor systems and wearables; internet of (medical) things; biosensors and systems; data management and security; data-driven health and care; digital health twins; health data standards; (explainable) artificial intelligence; healthcare systems; healthy living applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Wearable Sensors for Gait, Human Motion Analysis and Health Monitoring: 2nd Edition

edited by

Alessandro Leone

and

Gabriele Rescio

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4294 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; gait analysis; human motion; biomechanics; health monitoring; home care; assisted living; signal processing; cloud computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Radiation Sensors and Detectors: Materials, Principles and Applications (2nd Edition)

edited by

Michael Moll

and

Xin Shi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3653 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid-state detectors (SSDs); silicon detectors; wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors; radiation-hard diamond; SiC; 3D; LGAD; extreme fluences; plasma diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Wearable Sensing Technologies for Human Health Monitoring

edited by Jayraj V. Vaghasiya

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3645 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; telehealth; health monitoring; remote patient monitoring; biometric data; internet of things; biomedical engineering; digital health; smart textiles; data analytics; personalized healthcare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Sensors and Data Analysis for Biomechanics and Physical Activity

edited by Francisco Pinho

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3328 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; biomechanics; EMG; IMU; non-linear analysis; machine learning; sports; kinetics; kinematics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Sensors and Artificial Intelligence for Wildlife Conservation: 2nd Edition

edited by

Paul Fergus

,

Carl Chalmers

and

Serge Wich

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2862 | Submission Open

Keywords: multispectral remote sensing; hyperspectral remote sensing; LiDAR; sensor fusion; land-; sea-; air-; and space-based monitoring; machine learning; convolutional neural networks (1D; 2D; 3D; etc.); high-performance inference; time-series analysis; poaching; wildlife conservation; animal counting; forest monitoring; land-use/cover change; environment monitoring; robotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

Image Processing and Computer Vision Sensing Technologies in Engineering Applications and Digital Twins

edited by

Stefanos Vrochidis

, Konstantinos Ioannidis and Nikolaos I. Dourvas

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2829 | Submission Open

Keywords: real-time 3D reconstruction using visual data; AI-based digital counterparts of physical objects; SLAM techniques; real-time multi-object detection and localization; aerial imagery and photogrammetry; simulations for predictions on visual data; smart optronics systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)

Recent Advances in Photoelectrochemical Sensors

edited by Jian Wang,

Liping Du

and

Wei Chen

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2708 | Submission Open

Keywords: light-addressable electrochemical sensors; light addressability; photocurrent; photoactive materials; bio-sensitive materials; photoelectrochemistry; multiplexed detection; bio(chemical) imaging; bio(chemical) sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Colorimetric Sensors: Methods and Applications (2nd Edition)

edited by

Fengqing Yang

and Liya Ge

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2430 | Submission Open

Keywords: colorimetric sensors; paper-based colorimetric sensors; chemical sensors; biosensors; colorimetric strips; colorimetric sensing arrays

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

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