# IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

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Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):C1 - 373
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• ### IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement publication information

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• ### On the Exploitation of Admittance Measurements for Wired Network Topology Derivation

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):374 - 382
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The knowledge of the topology of a wired network is often of fundamental importance. For instance, in the context of power line communications networks it is helpful to implement data routing strategies, while in power distribution networks and smart microgrids it is required for grid monitoring and for power flow management. In this paper, we use the transmission line theory to shed new light and... View full abstract»

• ### Noncircular Measurement and Mitigation of $I/Q$ Imbalance for OFDM-Based WLAN Transmitters

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):383 - 393
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In future high-speed communication networks, the in-phase/quadrature (I/Q) imbalance mitigation and oscillator drift compensation is a key issue in the design of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-based wireless LAN (WLAN) transmitters. To this end, we propose a two-stage I/Q imbalance measurement method, where by virtue of the WLAN standard-compliant training sequences, a coarse I/... View full abstract»

• ### Design and Performance Prediction of Space Vector-Based PMU Algorithms

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):394 - 404
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Phasor measurement units (PMUs) are expected to be the basis of modern power networks monitoring systems. They are conceived to allow measuring the phasor, frequency, and rate of change of frequency (ROCOF) of electrical signals in a synchronized way and with unprecedented accuracy. PMUs are intended to apply to three-phase systems and to track signal parameters evolution during network dynamics. ... View full abstract»

• ### Robust Feature Extraction and Classification of Acoustic Partial Discharge Signals Corrupted With Noise

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):405 - 413
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Partial discharge (PD) can be used as an indicator of impending failure in electrical plant insulation making the accurate classification of particular occurrence patterns useful for anticipating forthcoming outages. In this paper, we propose a feature extraction method that is robust to noise and can effectively select the most discriminant features of PD signals. Specifically, we follow three ma... View full abstract»

• ### A Reconstruction–Registration Integrated Data Fusion Method for Measurement of Multiscaled Complex Surfaces

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):414 - 423
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The combined use of multiple measurement sensors is considered as a promising solution in surface metrology. Such hybrid instruments require sophisticated data fusion process to achieve overall better measurement results. This paper presents a reconstruction-registration integrated data fusion method to address the difficulty in modeling and fusing multiscaled complex data sets. The method decompo... View full abstract»

• ### Parameters and Methods for ADCs Testing Compliant With the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurements

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):424 - 431
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Virtual instruments let the user define custom measurement approaches to cope with specific goals. The use of virtual instruments also raises an important issue, which concerns the evaluation of the uncertainty of the measurement results. To face this issue, a change in the praxis currently adopted to interpret the analog-to-digital converter (ADC) datasheets released by the manufacturers for docu... View full abstract»

• ### Short-Frequency Fourier Transform for Fault Diagnosis of Induction Machines Working in Transient Regime

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):432 - 440
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Transient-based methods for fault diagnosis of induction machines (IMs) are attracting a rising interest, due to their reliability and ability to adapt to a wide range of IM's working conditions. These methods compute the time-frequency (TF) distribution of the stator current, where the patterns of the related fault components can be detected. A significant amount of recent proposals in this field... View full abstract»

• ### A Depth From Defocus Measurement System Using a Liquid Lens Objective for Extended Depth Range

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):441 - 450
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A novel depth from defocus (DFD) measurement system is presented, where the extension of the measurement range is performed using an emergent technology based on liquid lenses. A suitable set of different focal lengths, obtained by properly changing the liquid lens supply voltage, provides multiple camera settings without duplicating the system elements or using moving parts. A simple and compact ... View full abstract»

• ### A Displacement Uncertainty Model for 2-D DIC Measurement Under Motion Blur Conditions

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):451 - 459
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In this paper, the effects of motion blur on 2-D digital image correlation (DIC) measurements are discussed, with a particular focus on the description of displacement measurement uncertainty. The research started with the simulation of motion blur with a suitable literature-based algorithm. Then the state of the art of uncertainty analysis in the context of DIC was compared with simulation result... View full abstract»

• ### Toward a Tissue Model for Bipolar Electrosurgery: Block-Oriented Model Structure Analysis

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):460 - 469
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High-frequency radio energy is applied to tissue therapeutically in a number of different medical applications. The ability to model the effects of RF energy on the collagen, elastin, and liquid content of the target tissue would allow for the refinement of the control of the energy in order to improve outcomes and reduce negative side effects. In this paper, we aim at studying the dynamics of vol... View full abstract»

• ### ECG Signal Analysis Using DCT-Based DOST and PSO Optimized SVM

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):470 - 478
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Signal processing techniques are an obvious choice for real-time analysis of electrocardiography (ECG) signals. However, classical signal processing techniques are unable to deal with the nonstationary nature of the ECG signal. In this context, this paper presents a new approach, i.e., discrete orthogonal stockwell transform using discrete cosine transform for efficient representation of the ECG s... View full abstract»

• ### Estimating Respiratory Impedance at Breathing Frequencies Using Regularized Least Squares on Forced Oscillation Technique Measurements

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):479 - 491
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The forced oscillation technique (FOT) measures the respiratory impedance in a noninvasive way to obtain the mechanical properties of a respiratory system. The respiratory impedance (Zrs) is defined by the frequency-dependent ratio of pressure and flow at the airway opening. A major problem when measuring Zrs at low frequencies (0.1-2 Hz) on spontaneously breathing patients i... View full abstract»

• ### Online Continuous Measurement of the Operating Deflection Shape of Power Transmission Belts Through Electrostatic Charge Sensing

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):492 - 501
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The measurement of the operating deflection shape (ODS) of power transmission belts is of great importance for the fault diagnosis and prognosis of industrial belt drive systems. This paper presents a novel method based on an electrostatic sensor array to measure the ODS of a belt moving both axially and transversely. The electrostatic sensor integrates a charge amplifier that converts the induced... View full abstract»

• ### A Small Probe-Type Flowmeter Based on the Differential Fiber Bragg Grating Measurement Method

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):502 - 507
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A small probe-type optical fiber flowmeter was proposed for fluid flow measurement. The hollow cylindrical cantilever was first used to measure the force caused by fluid. A couple of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) that were stuck on the inner wall were used to measure the strain of the cantilever. The flow rate can be obtained by monitoring the difference of the two shifted Bragg wavelengths. The cro... View full abstract»

• ### Simultaneous Echo Power and Doppler Frequency Measurement System Based on Microwave Photonics Technology

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):508 - 513
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A Doppler shift measurement system based on four-wave mixing effect in a highly nonlinear fiber is demonstrated practically. The system exhibits two low-frequency voltages, which are functions of the Doppler shift, and therefore, low-cost low-frequency photodetectors can be employed in the system. No sophisticated electrical instrument is required to perform the measurement. The scheme is able to ... View full abstract»

• ### Portable System for Practical Permittivity Measurements Improved by Homomorphic Deconvolution

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):514 - 521
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This paper presents a versatile low-cost procedure for complex permittivity measurements of liquids from 400 MHz to 5 GHz. Our procedure uses handheld instrumentation and custom software for data acquisition and postprocessing. The purpose is to replace the benchtop vector network analyzer (VNA) generally used in such applications with a portable and cheaper handheld spectrum analyzer used in the ... View full abstract»

• ### Measurement of Charge Distributions in a Bubbling Fluidized Bed Using Wire-Mesh Electrostatic Sensors

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):522 - 534
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In order to maintain safe and efficient operation of a fluidized bed, the electrostatic charges in the bed should be monitored continuously. Electrostatic sensors with wire-mesh electrodes are introduced in this paper to measure the charge distribution in the cross section of a fluidized bed. A finite element model is built to investigate the sensing characteristics of the wire-mesh sensors. In co... View full abstract»

• ### Improving the Accuracy of Human Body Orientation Estimation With Wearable IMU Sensors

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):535 - 542
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Accurately estimating the orientation of different human body segments using low cost inertial sensors is a key component in various activity-related and healthcare-related applications. Typically, the signals from a gyroscope and an accelerometer are fused inside a Kalman filter to determine the orientation. However, the accelerometer measurements are influenced by the linear accelerations of the... View full abstract»

• ### An Efficient Approach for Fault Detection, Isolation, and Data Recovery of Self-Validating Multifunctional Sensors

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):543 - 558
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A novel fault detection, isolation, and data recovery (FDIR) approach for self-validating multifunctional sensors is presented in this paper. To improve the fault detection accuracy under multiple steady conditions for multifunctional sensors, a sparse non-negative matrix factorization (SNMF)-based model is employed to accomplish fault detection through a combination of newly proposed $C^{2}$ and ... View full abstract»

• ### Flexible Microwire Residence Times Difference Fluxgate Magnetometer

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):559 - 568
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We present a novel realization of the microwire fluxgate magnetometer based on a flexible CoFeSiB core. The readout is underpinned by the residence times difference, wherein the target dc magnetic field information is derived from the temporal positions of the output waveform “spikes” generated by the crossing of two thresholds. This readout is known to be simple, and less noisy, as ... View full abstract»

• ### Structure Detection of Wiener–Hammerstein Systems With Process Noise

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):569 - 576
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Identification of nonlinear block-oriented models has been extensively studied. The presence of the process noise and more precisely its location in the block-oriented model essentially influence the development of a consistent identification algorithm. This paper is proposed with the aim to localize the process noise in the block-oriented model for accurate nonlinear modeling. To this end, the re... View full abstract»

• ### Erratum to “Uncertainty Issues in Direct and Indirect Efficiency Determination for Three-Phase Induction Motors: Remarks About the IEC 60034–2-1 Standard” [Dec 16 2701-2716]

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s):577 - 578
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• ### Introducing IEEE Collabratec

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s): 579
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## 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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