Olfa Kanoun (editor) - Advanced Sensors for Biomedical Applications

The first chapter entitled provides a detailed state-ofthe-art survey of the human action recognition by exploiting acceleration data.

The second chapter entitled focuses on the design and implementation of thin multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNT)/polydimethylsil-oxane (PDMS) based nanocomposite pressure sensors for the analysis of the foot pressure distribution.

The third chapter entitled is dedicated to sensors based on carbon materials, which are gaining importance due to their high flexibility, sensitivity, and medical compatibility. Specially, nanocomposite based pressure and strain sensors offer a potential tool that helps to build the basis for body-attached sensor networks.

The fourth chapter entitled presents a method for reducing energy consumption in a wireless body sensor network by data aggregation, which reduced the necessity of re-transmission of data and improves at the same time the network lifetime.

The fifth chapter entitled proposes an implementation of human movement detection algorithm on GPU based on the programming language CUDA, in order to extract the image features using the Fourier descriptor on GPU, and based on the histogram of orient gradient descriptor on GPU.

The sixth chapter entitled introduces an impedimetric breath sensor based on a graphene oxide film, deposited on a silver interdigitated electrode and a flexible substrate having a very fast and extremely high sensitivity to the relative humidity in the ambient.

The seventh chapter entitled reports on the development and the fabrication of gold microelectrodes based on silicon by silicon technology, for multiplex detection of cytokines, which became an important biomarker for the identification of end-stage heart failure during the early phase of left ventricular assisted device implantation.

The eighth chapter entitled provides a review about recent advances in the design of electrochemical biosensors for the quantification of urinary biomarkers of prostate cancer, which is today one of the most frequently diagnosed malignancy in man.

The ninth chapter entitled describes how MicroRNAs, giving insight into etiology and progression of several pathologies, can be detected by various biosensing technologies that have been developed recently with signal amplification using functional nanomaterials, nucleic acid circuitry, and enzymes.

The tenth chapter entitled provides a review about several detection methods, such as stool antigen tests, fluorescent detection methods, calorimetric detection methods, surface plasmon resonance detection methods, as well as electrochemical methods.