Advances in Image Sensor Technology for Physicochemical and Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensing and Imaging".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 September 2024 | Viewed by 2526
Special Issue Editor
2. CISFA (Interuniversity Consortium of Applied Physical Sciences), Viale Ferdinando Stagno D' Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy
Interests: biophysics; electromagnetic fields; spectroscopy; solar energy; astrophysics; topography
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Image sensors are ubiquitous. In medical equipment used in hospitals, electronic image sensors provide unprecedented accuracy in applications ranging from diagnosis to the most advanced surgical techniques. Even in industry, most mechanical or thermal devices have now been replaced by versatile devices using electronic image sensors that are almost always wireless, allowing remote operation. Additionally, in modern physical and chemical research laboratories, highly sophisticated instruments are used which work based on the use of electronic image sensors instead of the obsolete measuring instruments of the past. One example is represented by the optical spectroscopes used decades ago, now replaced by versatile and precise spectrometers coupled to microscopes equipped with a CCD camera that can provide a visible range of acquired spectra as well as a computerized X–Y stage. Modern medicine in clinical investigations and surgical interventions can no longer do without sophisticated electronic image sensors that provide both accuracy and automation. Most of the modern tools used in everyday life use wireless electronic image sensors, and now depend on them. The peculiarity of these technologies is mainly related to the efficiency and speed of electromagnetic waves in transporting information acquired by sensors.
The price we pay for these benefits is increasing exposure to electromagnetic fields, whose harmful effects on human health have been highlighted by a huge number of studies. For this reason, it is necessary to keep in mind the need for the future design of such devices, taking into account the limits of exposure to electromagnetic fields recommended by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).
The aim of this thematic Special Issue is to provide a forum for research highlighting the new approaches in the applications of electronic sensor technology in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine.
This Issue will address topics including but not limited to the following:
- Electronic imaging in astronomy;
- Electron microscopy;
- X-ray microscopy in biology;
- CCD imaging in spectroscopy and spectrophotometry;
- CMOS image sensors in chemical detection;
- Electronic systems for medical diagnostic imaging;
- CMOS image sensors in surgical applications;
- Digital imaging in photogrammetry;
- Thermal imaging in engineering;
- Monitoring electromagnetic radiation emitted by electronic image sensors.
Prof. Dr. Emanuele Calabrò
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- electron microscopy
- X-ray microscopy
- CCD imaging
- CMOS image sensors
- electronic imaging
- digital imaging
- thermal imaging
