Special Issue: "State-of-the-Art Sensors Technology in Japan"

Planned Papers

Title: Microwave-Photonic Sensors Used in Antenna and Devise Measurements
Author: Masanobu Hirose and Satoru Kurokawa; AIST, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Abstract: We review the devices using microwave-photonic sensors for antenna and device measurements. The devices include electro-optic sensors or electroabsorption sensors. Characteristics and applications of the devices are shown.

Title: Recent Advancement in Sensing Oropharyngeal Swallow Function in Japan
Author: Takahiro Ono, D.D.S.&Ph.D., Kazuhiro Hori, D.D.S.&Ph.D., Division of Oromaxillofacial Regeneration, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry
Abstract: Dysphagia (swallowing disorder) is one of the important issues in the elderly because it causes aspiration pneumonia, which is the second biggest cause of death in the elderly, as well as the decline of activity of daily living and quality of life. Up to now, an absence of adequate protocols or devices has caused a lack of attention to oral phase of swallowing in the evaluation of dysphagia despite its importance. Recent advancement of sensing technology enables the handy and non-invasive measurement of movement of lips, tongue and cheeks as well as pharynx, which are useful for evaluating swallowing function. In this article, present state and clinical significance of these system developed in Japan will be reported.

Title: Implantable CMOS biomedical devices
Author: Jun Ohta
Abstract: We review our recent results of implantable CMOS biomedical devices. The topics includes retinal prosthesis devices and deep-brain implantation devices for small animals. Fundamental device structures and characteristics are presented as well as some in vivo experiments.

Related papers published in 2007 and 2008

Masashi Hayakawa ^1,*, Katsumi Hattori ² and Kenji Ohta ³
¹ Department of Electronic Engineering and Research Station on Seismo Electromagnetics, The University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan;
E-mail: [email protected]
² Faculty of Science, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi, Inage Chiba 263-8522, Japan; E-mail: [email protected]
³ Department of Electronics, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan; E-mail: [email protected]
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 14 June 2007 / Accepted: 26 June 2007 / Published: 4 July 2007
Full Paper: Monitoring of ULF (Ultra-Low-Frequency) Geomagnetic Variations Associated with Earthquakes
Sensors 2007, 7, 1108-1122 (PDF format, 772 K)
(This paper belongs to Special Issue: “Sensors for Disaster and Emergency Management Decision Making” Edited by Dr. Jason Levy and Dr. Yang Gao)

Masashi Hayakawa
Department of Electronic Engineering and Research Station on Seismo Electromagnetics, The University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan;
E-mail: [email protected]
Received: 18 June 2007 / Accepted: 5 July 2007 / Published: 10 July 2007
Full Paper: VLF/LF Radio Sounding of Ionospheric Perturbations Associated with Earthquakes
Sensors 2007, 7, 1141-1158 (PDF format, 414 K)
(This paper belongs to Special Issue: “Sensors for Disaster and Emergency Management Decision Making” Edited by Dr. Jason Levy and Dr. Yang Gao)

Jong-Wan Kim ^1,3,*, Hidekuni Takao ^1,2,3, Kazuaki Sawada ^1,2,3 and Makoto Ishida ^1,2,3
¹ Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and ² Intelligent Sensing System Research Center,
Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi/Aichi, 441-8580, Japan;
E-mails: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
³ JST-CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Received: 22 June 2007 / Accepted: 30 July 2007 / Published: 31 July 2007
Full Paper: Integrated Inductors for RF Transmitters in CMOS/MEMS Smart Microsensor Systems
Sensors 2007, 7, 1387-1398 (PDF format, 7290 K)
(This paper belongs to Special Issue: “Modeling, Testing and Reliability Issues in MEMS Engineering” Edited by Stefano Mariani)

Hans-J�rg Schneider ^1,*, Kazuaki Kato ^1,3 and Robert M. Strongin ^2,*
¹ FR Organische Chemie der Universit�t des Saarlandes, D-66041 Saarbr�cken; E-mail: [email protected]
² Department of Chemistry, Portland State University, Portland, OR, 97201, USA; E-mail: [email protected]
³ Department of Advanced Material Science, Graduate School of Frontier Schiences, The University of Tokyo,
Chiba 277-8562, Japan; E-mail: [email protected]
* Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 8 August 2007 / Accepted: 21 August 2007 / Published: 27 August 2007
Review: Chemomechanical Polymers as Sensors and Actuators for Biological and Medicinal Applications
Sensors 2007, 7, 1578-1611 (PDF format, 987 K)
(This paper belongs to Special Issue: “Physiological Sensing” Edited by Marshall D. Porterfield)

Tomohisa Yano¹, Mehmet Aydin ^2,* and Tomokazu Haraguchi ³
¹ Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu Kyoritsu University, 1-8 Jiyugaoka, Yahata-nishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8585, Japan.
E-mail: [email protected]
² Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Mustafa Kemal University, TR-31040, Antakya, Turkey, Tel: +90 532 703 8833, Fax: +90 326 245 5832
E-mail: [email protected]
³ Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, 1 Honjo-machi, Saga 840-8502, Japan.
E-mail: [email protected]
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 25 September 2007 / Accepted: 15 October 2007 / Published: 16 October 2007
Full Paper: Impact of Climate Change on Irrigation Demand and Crop Growth in a Mediterranean Environment of Turkey
Sensors 2007, 7, 2297-2315 (PDF format, 334 K)
(This paper belongs to Special Issue: “Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Solar Radiation, Climate and Biogeochemical Cycles” Edited by Fatih Evrendilek and Can Ertekin)

Yuanbo Liu ^1,2,*, Yasushi Yamaguchi ¹ and Changqing Ke³
1 Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
2 Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, East Beijing Road, No.73, Nanjing 210008, China
3 Department of Geographical Information Science, Nanjing University, Hankou Road 22, Nanjing, 210093, China
E-mail: [email protected]
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 25 October 2007 / Accepted: 2 December 2007 / Published: 4 December 2007
Full Paper: Reducing the Discrepancy Between ASTER and MODIS Land Surface Temperature Products
Sensors 2007, 7, 3043-3057 (PDF format, 688 K)
(This paper belongs to Special Issue: “Remote Sensing of Natural Resources and the Environment (Remote Sensing Sensors)” Edited by Assefa M. Melesse)

Ariadi Hazmi, Nobuyuki Takagi, Daohong Wang* and Teiji Watanabe
Gifu University of Japan
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected].
* Corresponding author. [email protected], Tel: 81-58-293-2702, Fax: 81-58-230-1892.
Received: 22 October 2007 / Accepted: 30 November 2007 / Published: 4 December 2007
Full Paper: Development of a Space-charge-sensing System
Sensors 2007, 7, 3058-3070 (PDF format, 918 K)
(This paper belongs to Special Issue: “Sensors for Disaster and Emergency Management Decision Making” Edited by Dr. Jason Levy and Dr. Yang Gao)

Mun'delanji Vestergaard ¹, Kagan Kerman ² and Eiichi Tamiya ^3,*
1 School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST),1-1 Asahidai, Nomi City, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan
2 Dept. of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada
3 Nanobiotechnology and Biodevice Laboratory, Dept. of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: [email protected]
Received: 4 December 2007 / Accepted: 18 December 2007 / Published: 20 December 2007
Review: Label-free Electrochemical Protein Sensors
Sensors 2007, 7, 3442-3458 (PDF format, 666 K)
(This paper belongs to Special Issue: “Utilizing of Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology” Edited by Ren� Kizek)

Nobuaki Soh *
Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan. E-mail: [email protected]; Phone/Fax: +81-92-802-2891
Received: 28 January 2008 / Accepted: 13 February 2008 / Published: 19 February 2008
Review: Selective Chemical Labeling of Proteins with Small Fluorescent Molecules Based on Metal-chelation Methodology
Sensors 2008, 8, 1004-1024 (PDF format, 1120 K)
(This paper belongs to Special Issue: “Bioanalysis in Vivo/in Vitro” Edited by Yoshio Umezawa)

Hijiri Hasegawa, Ken-ichi Taira, Koji Sode and Kazunori Ikebukuro *
Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
E-mails: [email protected] (Koji Sode), [email protected] (Kazunori Ikebukuro)
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Received: 29 January 2008 / Accepted: 15 February 2008 / Published: 19 February 2008
Review: Improvement of Aptamer Affinity by Dimerization
Sensors 2008, 8, 1090-1098 (PDF format, 870 K)
(This paper belongs to Special Issue: “Bioanalysis in Vivo/in Vitro” Edited by Yoshio Umezawa)

Wataru Satoh, Hiroki Hosono, Hiroomi Yokomaku, Katsuya Morimoto, Sanjay Upadhyay and Hiroaki Suzuki *
Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan, Phone: +81-29-853-5598, Fax: +81-29-853-4490;
E-mails: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], s [email protected]
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: [email protected]
Received: 17 January 2008 / Accepted: 18 February 2008 / Published: 21 February 2008
Full Research Paper: Integrated Electrochemical Analysis System with Microfluidic and Sensing Functions
Sensors 2008, 8, 1111-1127 (PDF format, 1310 K)
(This paper belongs to Special Issue: “Utilizing of Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology” Edited by Ren� Kizek)

Suhaidi Shafie^1,*, Shoji Kawahito ² and Shinya Itoh ²
1 Graduate School of Electronic Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Nakaku, Hamamatsu 432-8011, Japan
2 Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Nakaku, Hamamatsu 432-8011, Japan; E-mails: [email protected]; [email protected]
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Received: 25 December 2007 / Accepted: 12 March 2008 / Published: 18 March 2008
Full Research Paper: A Dynamic Range Expansion Technique of CMOS Image Sensors with Dual Charge Storage in a Pixel and Multiple Sampling
Sensors 2008, 8, 1915-1926 (PDF format, 347 K)
(This paper belongs to Special Issue: “Integrated High-performance Imagers” Edited by Edoardo Charbon)

Tomoaki Miura ^1,*, Hiroki Yoshioka², Kayo Fujiwara ¹ and Hirokazu Yamamoto ³
1 Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1910 East-West Road, Sherman 101, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, U.S.A.; E-mails: [email protected]; [email protected]
2 Department of Applied Information Science, Aichi Prefectural University, 1522-3 Ibaragabasama, Kumabari, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1198, Japan; E-mail: [email protected]
3 Grid Technology Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan; E-mail: [email protected]
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 31 January 2008 / Accepted: 3 April 2008 / Published: 8 April 2008
Full Research Paper: Inter-Comparison of ASTER and MODIS Surface Reflectance and Vegetation Index Products for Synergistic Applications to Natural Resource Monitoring
Sensors 2008, 8, 2480-2499 (PDF format, 1440 K)
(This paper belongs to Special Issue: “Remote Sensing of Natural Resources and the Environment (Remote Sensing Sensors)” Edited by Assefa M. Melesse)

Yuichi Michikawa*, Tomo Suga, Yoshimi Ohtsuka, Izumi Matsumoto, Atsuko Ishikawa, Kenichi Ishikawa, Mayumi Iwakawa, and Takashi Imai
RadGenomics Project, Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, 263-8555, Japan; E-mails: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]; Telephone: +011-81-43-206-3072 Fax: +011-81-43-206-6267
Received: 25 January 2008 / Accepted: 15 April 2008 / Published: 17 April 2008
Review: Visible Genotype Sensor Array
Sensors 2008, 8, 2722-2735 (PDF format, 422 K)
(This paper belongs to Special Issue: “Bioanalysis in Vivo/in Vitro” Edited by Yoshio Umezawa)

David C. Ng ^1,4, Takashi Tokuda ^1,4, Sadao Shiosaka ^2,4, Yasuo Tano ³ and Jun Ohta ^1,4,*
1 Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
2 Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
3 Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadagaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
4 CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 3-5 Sanban, Chiyoda, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]; D. Ng was with the Graduate School of Materials Science at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology. He is now with National ICT Australia, Victoria, Australia.
Received: 8 April 2008 / Accepted: 9 May 2008 / Published: 15 May 2008
Review: Implantable Microimagers
Sensors 2008, 8, 3183-3204 (PDF format, 3730 K) DOI: 10.3390/s8053183
(This paper belongs to Special Issue: “Integrated High-performance Imagers” Edited by Edoardo Charbon)

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