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Sensors, Volume 26, Issue 14

2026 July-2 - 19 articles

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Articles (19)

  • Article
  • Open Access

8 July 2026

Calibration of body-worn inertial measurement units (IMUs) is essential for accurate motion estimation, yet sensor orientations may drift over time due to slippage or long-term integration errors. This causes an IMU to gradually lose alignment with t...

  • Article
  • Open Access

Domain Adaptation-Based Sorting Method for UAV Swarm Targets on Multi-Station Features

  • Xihui Zhang,
  • Meng Zhang,
  • Wen Sun,
  • Yinuo Ji,
  • Ruihan Chen and
  • Tao Liu

8 July 2026

Existing target sorting methods suffer severe performance degradation or even failure under inherent severe spectrum overlap, homogeneous protocol parameters, and scarce single-source points in Synchronous Non-Orthogonal Frequency Hopping (SNOFH) sce...

  • Article
  • Open Access

8 July 2026

Vision-based sensing is a practical approach for real-time ore grade recognition in intelligent mineral sorting. However, graphite ore images captured in industrial environments are often affected by illumination variation, background interference, s...

  • Article
  • Open Access

Lightweight Underwater Sonar Object Detection via RGB-Guided Heterogeneous Distillation

  • Qianqian Qiao,
  • Jia Liu,
  • Feng Liu,
  • Chengpeng Hao and
  • Tongwei Ren

8 July 2026

Underwater object detection is a fundamental task in underwater sensing and is generally approached using either optical or sonar sensors. Although optical imaging provides rich semantic information, it is highly susceptible to water turbidity and il...

  • Article
  • Open Access

Edge-Enabled Real-Time Gait Assessment for Degenerative Spinal Disease Using Wearable Inertial Sensors

  • Kuei-Ann Wen,
  • Li-Hsieh Lin,
  • Jiun-Lin Yan,
  • Chen-Nen Chang and
  • David Shih

8 July 2026

Gait analysis is used in the diagnosis, rehabilitation, and longitudinal monitoring of degenerative spinal disease (DSD). However, conventional gait assessment commonly depends on subjective visual observation or laboratory-based motion-capture syste...

  • Article
  • Open Access

An Improved Space-Based ISAR Simulation Method Using Two-Line Element Data

  • Wenjie Zhu,
  • Hongxing Hao,
  • Ronghuan Yu and
  • Desheng Liu

8 July 2026

Inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) technology is widely used in the field of target recognition, and radar simulation technology is also being extensively studied. The present study focuses on the digital simulation of ISAR technology and propos...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access

In Situ Cold-Junction Compensation Strategy for Semiconductor Thin-Film Thermocouples Based on a Pt Thin-Film Resistance Temperature Detector

  • Yuelong Li,
  • Lantian Tang,
  • Zhixuan Su,
  • Yi Xu,
  • Xianwei Qian,
  • Yifan Wang,
  • Qinnan Chen and
  • Chao Wu

8 July 2026

Semiconductor thin-film thermocouples offer significant advantages for in situ temperature monitoring in advanced engineering equipment. However, the absence of a reliable cold-junction temperature compensation methodology has constrained their pract...

  • Article
  • Open Access

8 July 2026

Accurate junction temperature (Tj) sensing is essential for the reliability of silicon carbide (SiC) power modules in electric vehicles. Nonetheless, the physical separation and consequent thermal signal delay between sensing elements and chips pose...

  • Article
  • Open Access

8 July 2026

IEEE 1588Precision Time Protocol (PTP) synchronization accuracy is degraded by delay asymmetry in physical links. Accurate prediction and compensation of this asymmetry are essential for high-precision timekeeping. This paper presents a multi-horizon...

  • Article
  • Open Access

8 July 2026

High-frequency ultrasonic transducers are pivotal for detecting minute defects, offering distinct advantages in terms of non-destructive evaluation, non-invasiveness, and superior spatial resolution. However, achieving effective focusing and efficien...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access

8 July 2026

Improvements in walking capacity after stroke do not always translate into increased real-world performance, highlighting a critical gap in promoting long-term health after rehabilitation. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the effect...

  • Article
  • Open Access

ELM-AdaBoost-Based Recognition of Risky Driving Behavior

  • Dudu Guo,
  • Entong Liu,
  • Guoliang Chen,
  • Miao Sun,
  • Meng Li and
  • Zhenxun Wei

8 July 2026

The classification of risky driving behaviors is a key aspect of improving road traffic safety management. A major challenge in this field is that fixed empirical thresholds cannot adequately reflect the operational characteristics of specific vehicl...

  • Article
  • Open Access

8 July 2026

The residual magnetic field of the magnetic shielding system is a key factor limiting the bias stability of high-precision atomic gyroscopes. Due to the temperature dependence of hysteresis in soft magnetic materials, variations in ambient temperatur...

  • Article
  • Open Access

8 July 2026

Inverter-dominated microgrids are highly vulnerable to stealthy cyber–physical drift attacks, low-amplitude, slowly varying perturbations that bypass conventional statistical filters to induce voltage degradation and delayed collapse. This pape...

  • Article
  • Open Access

8 July 2026

Blockchain-based sensor networks rely on public-key cryptography for transaction verification, auditability, and data integrity. However, widely used public-key mechanisms are quantum-vulnerable in the presence of Cryptographically Relevant Quantum C...

  • Article
  • Open Access

Mechanical Testing of Metal-Packaged FBG-Based Sensors Before and After High-Fluence Reactor Irradiation

  • Yerzhan Sapatayev,
  • Kuanysh Samarkhanov,
  • Pavel Kashaykin,
  • Almas Azimkhanov,
  • Sergei Vasiliev,
  • Alexander Tomashuk,
  • Yersin Aryngazy,
  • Vadim Bochkov and
  • Kamilla Ilyasheva

8 July 2026

Fiber Bragg grating (FBG)-based sensors are increasingly used for temperature and strain monitoring in both fission and fusion facilities, whereas their long-term mechanical reliability under intense γ–neutron fields remains insufficientl...

  • Article
  • Open Access

Dark-Pi Imaging System Permits Open-Source Label-Free Microfluidic Monitoring of Platelet Aggregation by Cellular Light Scattering

  • Rüya Meltem Sarıyer Oglago,
  • Alexander P. Bye,
  • Sultan İlayda Dönmez Eryılmaz,
  • Chris I. Jones and
  • Alexander D. Edwards

8 July 2026

Measuring platelet function is important for patient stratification to judge bleeding vs. thrombotic risk and for research into antiplatelet drugs to prevent cardiovascular disease. Variability in platelet function is not fully understood, and large...

  • Article
  • Open Access

Calibrated Acoustic Leak Signatures in Pressurised Plastic Water Pipes: A Laboratory Analysis

  • Mohammad Reza Shekofteh,
  • Kirill V. Horoshenkov,
  • Edward John,
  • Claire Gowdy,
  • Andrew Blenkharn and
  • Joby B. Boxall

8 July 2026

Despite decades of research, there is still a lack of calibrated data on acoustic leak signatures typical of common types of water supply pipes. This study addresses this gap by providing leak signatures recorded with calibrated, high-sensitivity acc...

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