Recent Advances in Sensing Technology

1: Magnetic Sensors.- A GMR Needle Probe to Estimate Magnetic Fluid Weight Density Inside Large Tumors.- Evaluation of Surface Flaw by Magnetic Flux Leakage Testing Using Amorphous MI Sensor and Neural Network.- 2: Ultrasound/Ultrasonic Sensors.- A Scalable Ultrasonic-Based Localization System Using the Phase Accordance Method.- VHDL-AMS Modelling of Ultrasound Measurement System in Linear Domain.- Application of Laser-Ultrasound to Non-contact Temperature Sensing of Heated Materials.- 3: Vision/Image Sensors.- Vision Sensor with an Active Digital Fovea.- Development of a Real-Time Full-Field Range Imaging System.- Development of a Stereo Image Distribution System.- 4: Wireless Sensors and Network.- From Labs to Real Environments: The Dark Side of WSNs.- 5: Microfluidic Sensors.- Loading Analysis of a Remotely Interrogatable Passive Microvalve.- 6: Tactile Sensors.- Flexible Piezoelectric Tactile Sensors with Structural Electrodes Array.- 7: Gyro.- A New Method for Direct Gravity Estimation and Compensation in Gyro-Based and Gyro-Free INS Applications.- 8: Flow Sensors.- Model-Based Phasor Control of a Coriolis Mass Flow Meter (CMFM) for the Detection of Drift in Sensitivity and Zero Point.- 9: Surface Acoustic Wave Sensors.- Wireless Interrogation of a Micropump and Analysis of Corrugated Micro-diaphragms.- 10: Humidity Sensors.- Synthesis of Aligned ZnO Nanorods with Different Parameters and Their Effects on Humidity Sensing.- 11: Ultra-Wide Band Sensors.- Ultra-Wideband Radars for Through-Wall Imaging in Robotics.- 12: Gas Sensors.- Electrical and Gas Sensing Perfomanance of Coppergermanate.- Studies on Gas Sensing Performance of Pure and Nano- Ag Doped ZnO Thick Film Resistors.- 13: MEMS Thermal Sensors.- Micro Temperature Sensors and Their Applications to MEMS Thermal Sensors.