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Selected Papers from 6th International Conference on Sensors and Electronic Instrumentation Advances (SEIA’ 2020)

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2021) | Viewed by 11252

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Dr. Sergey Y. Yurish

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International Frequency Sensor Association (IFSA), 08860 Castelldefels, Spain
Interests: smart sensors; optical sensors; frequency measurements
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Prof. Dr. Vijayakumar Varadarajan

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School of Computing Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Interests: grid computing; security; networking; cloud computing; big data
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue on ‘Physical and Chemical Sensors’ will contain selected and extended papers from the 6th International Conference on Sensors and Electronic Instrumentation Advances (SEIA' 2020)

The 6th Annual International Conference on Sensors and Electronic Instrumentation Advances (SEIA' 2020) is a forum for the presentation, discussion, and exchange of information and the latest research and development results in both theoretical and experimental research in sensors, transducers, and their related fields. It will bring together researchers, developers, and practitioners from diverse fields including international scientists and engineers from academia, research institutes, and companies to present and discuss the latest results in the field of sensors and measurements.

The SEIA conference is focused on any significant breakthroughs and innovations in sensors, electronics, measuring instrumentation, and transducers engineering advances and their applications with the broadest concepts. The conference is organized by the International Frequency Sensor Association (IFSA)—one of the largest professional, non-profit associations serving the sensor industry and academy for the past 20 years.

The topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

  • Inertial sensors
  • Mechanical sensors
  • Optical sensors
  • Optical fiber sensors
  • Chemical sensors
  • Electrochemical sensors
  • Nanosensors
  • Temperature sensors
  • Pressure sensors
  • Electromagnetic sensors
  • Sensor applications

Prof. Dr. Sergey Y. Yurish
Dr. Vijayakumar Varadarajan
Guest Editors

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Estimation of Tissue Attenuation from Ultrasonic B-Mode Images—Spectral-Log-Difference and Method-of-Moments Algorithms Compared
by Dinah Maria Brandner, Xiran Cai, Josquin Foiret, Katherine W. Ferrara and Bernhard G. Zagar
Sensors 2021, 21(7), 2548; https://doi.org/10.3390/s21072548 - 5 Apr 2021
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We report on results from the comparison of two algorithms designed to estimate the attenuation coefficient from ultrasonic B-mode scans obtained from a numerical phantom simulating an ultrasound breast scan. It is well documented that this parameter significantly diverges between normal tissue and [...] Read more.
We report on results from the comparison of two algorithms designed to estimate the attenuation coefficient from ultrasonic B-mode scans obtained from a numerical phantom simulating an ultrasound breast scan. It is well documented that this parameter significantly diverges between normal tissue and malignant lesions. To improve the diagnostic accuracy it is of great importance to devise and test algorithms that facilitate the accurate, low variance and spatially resolved estimation of the tissue’s attenuation properties. A numerical phantom is realized using k-Wave, which is an open source Matlab toolbox for the time-domain simulation of acoustic wave fields that facilitates both linear and nonlinear wave propagation in homogeneous and heterogeneous tissue, as compared to strictly linear ultrasound simulation tools like Field II. k-Wave allows to simulate arbitrary distributions, resolved down to single voxel sizes, of parameters including the speed of sound, mass density, scattering strength and to include power law acoustic absorption necessary for simulation tasks in medical diagnostic ultrasound. We analyze the properties and the attainable accuracy of both the spectral-log-difference technique, and a statistical moments based approach and compare the results to known reference values from the sound field simulation. Full article
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Evaluating the Effects of Environmental Conditions on Sensed Parameters for Green Areas Monitoring and Smart Irrigation Systems
by Pedro V. Mauri, Lorena Parra, Salima Yousfi, Jaime Lloret and Jose F. Marin
Sensors 2021, 21(6), 2255; https://doi.org/10.3390/s21062255 - 23 Mar 2021
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The irrigation of green areas in cities should be managed appropriately to ensure its sustainability. In large cities, not all green areas might be monitored simultaneously, and the data acquisition time can skew the gathered value. Our purpose is to evaluate which parameter [...] Read more.
The irrigation of green areas in cities should be managed appropriately to ensure its sustainability. In large cities, not all green areas might be monitored simultaneously, and the data acquisition time can skew the gathered value. Our purpose is to evaluate which parameter has a lower hourly variation. We included soil parameters (soil temperature and moisture) and plant parameters (canopy temperature and vegetation indexes). Data were gathered at 5 different hours in 11 different experimental plots with variable irrigation and with different grass composition. The results indicate that soil moisture and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index are the sole parameters not affected by the data acquisition time. For soil moisture, the maximum difference was in experimental plot 4, with values of 21% at 10:45 AM and 27% at 8:45 AM. On the other hand, canopy temperature is the most affected parameter with a mean variation of 15 °C in the morning. The maximum variation was in experimental plot 8 with a 19 °C at 8:45 AM and 39 °C at 12:45 PM. Data acquisition time affected the correlation between soil moisture and canopy temperature. We can affirm that data acquisition time has to be included as a variability source. Finally, our conclusion indicates that it is vital to consider data acquisition time to ensure water distribution for irrigation in cities. Full article
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Availability Improvements through Data Slicing in PLC Smart Grid Networks
by Paul Negirla, Romina Druță and Ioan Silea
Sensors 2020, 20(24), 7256; https://doi.org/10.3390/s20247256 - 17 Dec 2020
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An electrical power grid, is an interconnected network for delivering electricity from producers to consumers. Electrical grids vary in size from covering a single building through national grids (which cover whole countries) to transnational grids (which can cross continents). As the rollout of [...] Read more.
An electrical power grid, is an interconnected network for delivering electricity from producers to consumers. Electrical grids vary in size from covering a single building through national grids (which cover whole countries) to transnational grids (which can cross continents). As the rollout of smart meters continues worldwide, there are use-cases where common solutions fail and the network availability of certain meters is very low due to poor communication conditions. This paper proposes a data slicing model for large data files which have to travel securely and reliably throughout the Smart Grid. The manuscript addresses improvements for PRIME PLC network availability by using correct data slicing at the application level along a tuned transmission rate in accordance with the noise levels of the power grid. Successful communications, even at low rates, mean that no manual interaction from energy supplier operators is needed reducing the maintenance costs for both the energy companies as well as for the end user. Experiments on a low power electrical grid setup have been performed in order to evaluate availability improvements through the proposed method as well as the feasibility of remote firmware upgrades. The results have shown that the current approach has similar upgrade time results with a manual firmware upgrade performed through an optical probe. Moreover, the results show that the presented remote firmware upgrade method is reliable and practical. Full article
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