# IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

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Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):C1 - 1
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• ### IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement publication information

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s): C2
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• ### Special Section on the 2008 Advanced Methods for Uncertainty Estimation in Measurement Workshop

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):2 - 3
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• ### Reducing Uncertainty With Seismic Measurements While Drilling

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):4 - 14
Cited by:  Papers (7)
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This paper discusses both seismic checkshot data inversion and seismic waveform look-ahead imaging while drilling. We investigate the estimation under real-time data uncertainties of interval velocity profiles calculated from checkshot measurements acquired while drilling. It is found that real-time checkshots may suffer from downhole time-picking errors in addition to an unpredictable clock drift... View full abstract»

• ### How to Process the Random Part of RFVs: Comparison of Available Methods and New Proposal

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):15 - 26
Cited by:  Papers (10)
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In the recent years, fuzzy variables (FVs) and random-fuzzy variables (RFVs) have been proposed to represent the measurement results with their associated uncertainty. However, up to now, the different authors do not yet agree in the mathematical way FVs should be composed together, so different approaches have been proposed. This paper compares these approaches to find their advantages and disadv... View full abstract»

• ### Uncertainty Modeling and Propagation Through RFVs for the Assessment of CADx Systems in Digital Mammography

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):27 - 38
Cited by:  Papers (6)
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In this paper, we consider uncertainty handling and propagation by means of random fuzzy variables (RFVs) through a computer-aided-diagnosis (CADx) system for the early diagnosis of breast cancer. In particular, the denoising and the contrast enhancement of microcalcifications is specifically addressed, providing a novel methodology for separating the foreground and the background in the image to ... View full abstract»

• ### Transformation of Bimodal Probability Distributions Into Possibility Distributions

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):39 - 47
Cited by:  Papers (4)
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At the application level, it is important to be able to define the measurement result as an interval that will contain an important part of the distribution of the measured values, that is, a coverage interval. This practice acknowledged by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Guide is a major shift from the probabilistic representation. It can be viewed as a probability/possib... View full abstract»

• ### Extending Polynomial Chaos to Include Interval Analysis

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):48 - 55
Cited by:  Papers (9)
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Polynomial chaos theory (PCT) has been proven to be an efficient and effective way to represent and propagate uncertainty through system models and algorithms in general. In particular, PCT is a computationally efficient way to analyze and solve dynamic models under uncertainty. This paper presents a new way to use a polynomial expansion to incorporate uncertainties that are not expressed in terms... View full abstract»

• ### Measuring and Extraction of Biological Information on New Handheld Biochip-Based Microsystem

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):56 - 62
Cited by:  Papers (1)  |  Patents (1)
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This paper proposes techniques for the extraction of biological information in a recently developed handheld biochip-based microsystem. The microsystem is based on a magnetoresistive array biochip composed of a number of sensing sites with magnetic tunneling junctions (MTJ) and diodes. Different techniques are addressed to drive the MTJs with different types of signals. Different filtering strateg... View full abstract»

• ### FPGA-Based Multiple-Channel Vibration Analyzer for Industrial Applications in Induction Motor Failure Detection

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):63 - 72
Cited by:  Papers (41)
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Early detection of failures in equipment is one of the most important concerns to industry. Many techniques have been developed for early failure detection in induction motors. There is the necessity of low-cost instrumentation for online multichannel measurement and analysis of vibration in the frequency domain, and this could be fixed to the machine for continuous monitoring to provide a reliabl... View full abstract»

• ### A Low-Cost Voltage-to-Current Calibration Technique for Multiple-Sensor Systems

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):73 - 77
Cited by:  Papers (2)
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Systems with multiple sensors pose a problem of heterogeneity, i.e., different sensors have different outputs subject to the same excitation. To tackle this problem, this paper presents a calibration technique for multiple-sensor applications. An array of voltage-to-current converters, followed by a summing inverter, is employed to aggregate the responses of the system, which originated from heter... View full abstract»

• ### Helmholtz-Type Regularization Method for Permittivity Reconstruction Using Experimental Phantom Data of Electrical Capacitance Tomography

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):78 - 83
Cited by:  Papers (14)
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Electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) attempts to image the permittivity distribution of an object by measuring the electrical capacitance between sets of electrodes placed around its periphery. Image reconstruction in ECT is a nonlinear ill-posed inverse problem, and regularization methods are needed to stabilize this inverse problem. The reconstruction of complex shapes (sharp edges) and absol... View full abstract»

• ### Tool for Automated Instruction Set Characterization for Software Power Estimation

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):84 - 91
Cited by:  Papers (2)
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The complexity and functionality of mobile digital devices is continuously growing. This results in a higher energy consumption of such devices. To counteract this trend, it is mandatory to accomplish software power optimizations based on accurate power consumption models characterized for the processor. This paper presents an environment for automated instruction set characterization based on phy... View full abstract»

• ### On the Modeling of New Tunnel Junction Magnetoresistive Biosensors

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):92 - 100
Cited by:  Papers (3)
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A fully integrated biochip based on a 16 ?? 16 scalable matrix structure of aluminum oxide magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) and thin-film diodes (TFDs of hydrogenated amorphous silicon) was fabricated and included as the biosensor of a portable handheld microsystem developed for biomolecular recognition detection using magnetic labels [deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) hybridization, antibody antigen in... View full abstract»

• ### Constructing Online Testable Circuits Using Reversible Logic

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):101 - 109
Cited by:  Papers (34)
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With the advent of nanometer technology, circuits are more prone to transient faults that can occur during its operation. Of the different types of transient faults reported in the literature, the single-event upset (SEU) is prominent. Traditional techniques such as triple-modular redundancy (TMR) consume large area and power. Reversible logic has been gaining interest in the recent past due to it... View full abstract»

• ### Ultrasound Transducers for Large-Scale Metrology: A Performance Analysis for Their Use by the MScMS

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):110 - 121
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The Mobile Spatial coordinate Measuring System (MScMS) is a distributed wireless-sensor-network-based system used to perform dimensional measurements of large-scale objects. The system consists of a wireless mobile probe with ultrasonic (US) transceivers, the position of which is determined using a distributed constellation of US transceivers arranged around the measuring area. These US transceive... View full abstract»

• ### Pileup Correction Algorithms for Very-High-Count-Rate Gamma-Ray Spectrometry With NaI(Tl) Detectors

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):122 - 130
Cited by:  Papers (15)  |  Patents (3)
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In this paper, we propose algorithms that are suitable for gamma-ray spectrometric systems with Nal(Tl) detector that support pileup correction at extremely high count rates of 4 ?? 106 pulses/s. The following two algorithms are presented: 1) an algorithm based on modified phase-only correlation (MPOC) for the detection of the beginning of pulses and maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) ... View full abstract»

• ### Prestiction Friction Modeling and Position Control in an Actuated Rotary Arm

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):131 - 139
Cited by:  Papers (6)
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In this paper, using experiment and theory, we study the dynamic characteristics of a rotary single-link arm in free motion when the effect of hub friction is significant. Our objective is to identify the important phenomena that affect the system using an adequate friction model. We introduce a friction regime, called ??prestiction,?? and a friction model for capturing this regime. Comparisons ar... View full abstract»

• ### A New Method for Measuring the Level Dependence of AC Shunts

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):140 - 144
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We report on a new method for the measurement of the level dependence of the AC-DC difference of current shunts. The method is based on the use of a binary inductive current divider. A method to compare two AC shunts at common ground is described. Measurement results on two 1-A AC shunts, which consist of different numbers of resistors, indicate that the level dependence between 0.5 and 1 A is les... View full abstract»

• ### Calibrating an Arbitrary Test Fixture for a Symmetric Device by Three Measurements

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):145 - 152
Cited by:  Papers (5)
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In this paper, a general solution of calibrating a microwave test fixture for a symmetric device is deduced from the cascading network relation, and it exposes the probability and condition of calibrating an arbitrary test fixture for a symmetric device by three measurements, which is less than the times of measurements in the thru-reflect-line (TRL) method. The scattering parameters of the test f... View full abstract»

• ### Monitoring Water Levels and Currents Using Reflected GPS Carrier Doppler Measurements and Coordinate Rotation Model

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):153 - 163
Cited by:  Papers (5)
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This paper describes the development and application of a highly integrated Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver that employs reflected GPS signals to measure the floodwater levels, sea levels, and soil moisture of riverbeds. Both right- and left-hand circular polarization antennas are employed to simultaneously obtain direct and reflected signals. The objective of this paper is to use the car... View full abstract»

• ### Ultrasonic Measurement of Fine Head Movements in a Standard Ophthalmic Headrest

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):164 - 170
Cited by:  Papers (12)
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We aimed to investigate the naturally occurring horizontal plane movements of a head stabilized in a standard ophthalmic headrest and to analyze their magnitude, velocity, spectral characteristics, and correlation to the cardio pulmonary system. Two custom-made air-coupled highly accurate (??2 ??m) ultrasound transducers were used to measure the displacements of the head in different horizontal di... View full abstract»

• ### Reputation-Enabled Self-Modification for Target Sensing in Wireless Sensor Networks

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):171 - 179
Cited by:  Papers (19)
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Wireless sensor networks provide new tools for sensing physical environments. However, the general existence of faulty sensor measurements in networks will cause degradation of the network service quality and huge burden of the precious energy. While cryptography-based approaches are helpless of information generation, reputation systems are demonstrated of positive results. In this paper, we inve... View full abstract»

• ### Harmonic Power Standard at NIM and Its Compensation Algorithm

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):180 - 187
Cited by:  Papers (16)
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A new harmonic power standard has been developed at the National Institute of Metrology (NIM), Beijing, China, for the calibration of harmonic power analyzers under nonsinusoidal conditions at fundamental frequencies of 50 and 60 Hz. The standard is based on digital sampling techniques that do not require synchronization. A compensation algorithm is presented in this paper. A new definition of the... View full abstract»

• ### A Very Low Offset Preamplifier for Voltage Measurements in the $muhbox{V}$ Range

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):188 - 194
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A new topology for the implementation of a very low offset voltage preamplifier is presented. The new topology employs a time-varying resistance as a probe for detecting the sign and magnitude of the equivalent input offset of an operational amplifier in a series-shunt feedback configuration and allows for continuously correcting the offset voltage by means of a proper control feedback. The most r... View full abstract»

## Aims & Scope

Papers are sought that address innovative solutions to the development and use of electrical and electronic instruments and equipment to measure, monitor and/or record physical phenomena for the purpose of advancing measurement science, methods, functionality and applications.

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