Wearable Electronics for Noninvasive Sensing

Dear Colleagues, 

Wearable technologies have gained significant research and market traction in recent years. Wearables are often empowered with wireless communication, wireless powering, smartphone connectivity, and GPS/WiFi tracing functions. Integration with multi-function physical and biochemical sensors advances wearable applications in healthcare, fitness, therapy, senior and infant care, security, and safety, along with the features of convenience, comfort, and ubiquitousness. The noninvasive sensing of physical and biochemical parameters is essential for practical applications. New research and inventions utilizing electrical, optical, magnetic, acoustic, and thermal sensing modalities have been explored along with considerations for low-power, high-speed and flexible electronics, on-body or in-body antennas, and electromagnetic environments and interference. This Special Issue focuses on state-of-the-art non-invasive sensing technologies, particularly for wearables and their applications.

This Special Issue welcomes research works on electrical, optical, magnetic, acoustic, and thermal sensing modalities, as well as the electronic device and system designs using these modalities for wearable applications. The scope includes, but is not limited to, ECG (electrocardiography), EEG (electroencephalography), EMG (electromyography), skin impedance spectroscopy, photoplethysmography, IR (infrared) and NIR (near infrared), microwave, millimeter-wave, radio-frequency, ultrasound, nuclear magnetic resonance, and fluorescence sensing. Manuscripts should include targeted wearable applications and methods about how the proposed sensing mechanisms can be used in wearables. Sensing modality studies that do not include convincing evidence or potential electronic designs for wearable applications are not within the scope of this Special Issue. Manuscripts related to signal and data processing techniques as well as machine learning methods for noninvasive sensing are welcome, but need to include experimental results as validation. Manuscripts with experiments conducted on human bodies should include an approved study protocol statement.

Prof. Dr. J.-C. Chiao
Dr. Souvik Dubey
Guest Editors

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• wearable
• noninvasive sensing
• photoplethysmography
• vital sign
• oximetry
• impedance spectroscopy
• radio-frequency probing
• permittivity sensing