IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT Vol. 59 - 2010

SPIS TREŚCI

nr 1 SPECIAL SECTION ON THE 2008 ADVANCED METHODS FOR

UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION IN MEASUREMENT WORKSHOP GUEST EDITORIAL

2 Special Section on the 2008 Advanced Methods for Uncertainty Estimation in Measurement Workshop / D. Petri

SPECIAL SECTION PAPERS

4 Reducing Uncertainty With Seismic Measurements While Drilling / H. Djikpesse, P. Armstrong, R. Rufino, A. Hawthorn

15 How to Process the Random Part of RFVs: Comparison of Available Methods and New Proposal / A. Mencattini, S. Salicone

27 Uncertainty Modeling and Propagation Through RFVs for the Assessment of CADx Systems in Digital Mammography / A. Mencattini, G. Rabottino, S. Salicone, M. Salmeri

39 Transformation of Bimodal Probability Distributions Into Possibility Distributions / G. Mauris

48 Extending Polynomial Chaos to Include Interval Analysis / A. Monti, F. Pond, M. Valtorta

REGULAR SECTION PAPERS

56 Measuring and Extraction of Biological Information on New Handheld Biochip-Based Microsystem / P. A. C. Lopes,J. Germano, T. M. de

Almeida, L. A. Sousa, M. S. Piedade, F. A. Cardoso, H. A. Ferreira, P. P. Freitas

63 FPGA-Based Multiple-Channel Vibration Analyzer for Industrial Applications in Induction Motor Failure Detection / L. M. Contreras-Medina, R. J. Romero-Troncoso, E. Cabal-Yepez, J.J. Rangel-Magdaleno,

J. R. Millan-Almaraz 73 A Low-Cost Voltage-to-Current Calibration Technique for Multiple-Sensor

Systems / H. K. Chan, S. H. Chung 78 Helmholtz-Type Regularization Method for Permittivity Reconstruction

Using Experimental Phantom Data of Electrical Capacitance Tomography / M. Soleimani, P. K. Yalavarthy, H. Dehghani

84 Tool for Automated Instruction Set Characterization for Software Power Estimation / M. Wendt, M. Grumer, C. Steger, R. Weiss, U. Neffe,

A. Muehlberger 92 On the. Modeling of New Tunnel Junction Magnetoresistive Biosensors /

T. M. de Almeida, M. S. Piedade, L. A. Sousa, J. Germano, P. A. C. Lopes, F. A. Cardoso, P. P. Freitas

101 Construing Online Testable Circuits Using Reversible Logic / Sk. N. Mohammad, K. Veezhinathan

110 .. Ultrasound Transducers for Large-Scale Metrology: A Performance Analysis for Their Use by the MScMS / F. Franceschini, D. Maisano, L. Mastrogiacomo, B. Pralio

122 Pileup Correcjtipn Algorithms for Very-High-Count-Rate Gamma-Ray Spectrometry With Nal(Tl) Detectors / M. Bolic, V. Drndarevic, W. Gueaieb

131 Prestiction Friction Modeling and Position Control in an Actuated Rotary Arm / A. Bazaei, M. Moallem

140 A New Method for Measuring the Level Dependence of AC Shunts / J. Zhang, X. Pan, J. Lin, L. Wang, Z. Lu, D. Zhang

145 Calibrating an Arbitrary Test Fixture for a Symmetric Device by Three Measurements / R. Ma, G. Han, X. Chen, W. Zhang

153 Monitoring Water Levels and Currents Using Reflected GPS Carrier Doppler Measurements and Coordinate Rotation Model / L.-C. Shen, J.-C. Juang, C.-L. Tsai, C.-L. Tseng

164 Ultrasonic Measurement of Fine Head Movements in a Standard Ophthalmic Headrest / H.T. Kasprzak, D. R. Iskander

171 Reputation-Enabled Self-Modification for Target Sensing in Wireless Sensor Networks / X. Wang, L. Ding, D. Bi

180 Harmonic Power Standard at NIM and Its Compensation Algorithm / L. Zuliang, W. Lei, L. Min, L. Lijuan, Z. Hao

188 A Very Low Offset Preamplifier for Voltage Measurements in the Range / R. Merlino, G. Scandurra, C. Ciofi

195 A Dual-Mode Conditioning Circuit for Differential Analog-to-Digital Converters / E. M. Spinelli, P. A. Garcia, D. O. Guaraglia

200 Circuit Loading in Radio-Frequency Current Measurements: The Insertion Impedance of the Transformer Probes / C.F.M. Carobbi, L. M. Millanta

205 The Removal of Spurious Spectral Peaks From Autoregressive Models for Irregularly Sampled Data / P.M.T. Broersen

215 Ultra-Wideband Signal Propagation Experiments in Liquid Media / R. R. Selmic, A. Mitra, S. Challa, N. Simicevic

221 Reversible Watermarking by Modulation and Security Enhancement / H.-T. Wit, Y.-M. Cheung

229 Efficient Sensor Signal Filtering for Autonomous Wireless Nodes / A. Depart, A. Flammini, D. Marioli, M. Serpelloni, E. Sisinni,

A. Taroni 238 Comparison of Measured Quantity Value Estimators in Nonlinear Models /

D. Macii, L. Marl, D. Petri

nr 2 REGULAR PAPERS 250 An Adaptive Resonator-Based Method for Power Measurements According

to the IEEE Trial-Use Standard 1459-2000 / J.J. Tomic, M. D. Kusljevic,

D. P. Marcetic 259 Modeling the Series Impedance of a Quad Cable for Common-Mode DSL

Applications / W. Foubert, C. Neus, L. Van Biesen, Y. Rolain 266 Coverage-Mapping Method Based on a Hardware Model for Mobile-Robot

Positioning in Intelligent Spaces / E. Martin-Gorostiza, F. J. Meca, J. L. Ldzaro Galilea, E. Martos-Naya, F. B. Naranjo, O. Esteban

283 Mathematical Modeling of Intensity-Modulated Bent-Tip Optical Fiber Displacement Sensors / P. Puangmali, K. Althoefer, L. D. Seneviratne

292 Probe Characterization for Electromagnetic Near-Field Studies / S. Jarrix, T. Dubois, R. Adam, P. Nouvel, B. Azais, D. Gasquet

301 A Note on Optimality of Analytical Leakage Compensation at Boundary Frequencies / N. Hlupic, D. Basch, K. Fertalj

309 An Enhanced Diagnostic Scheme for Bearing Condition Monitoring / J. Liu, W. Wang, F. Golnaraghi

322 Frequency Estimation of Three-Phase Power System Using Weighted-Least-Square Algorithm and Adaptive FIR Filtering / M. D. Kusljevic, J. J. Tomic, L. D. Jovanovic

330 Self-Monitoring and Self-Assessing Atomic Clocks / Y. C. Chan, W. A. Johnson, S. K. Karuza, A. M. Young, J. C. Camparo

335 An Adaptive Sampling Algorithm for Effective Energy Management in Wireless Sensor Networks With Energy-Hungry Sensors / C. Alippi, G. Anastasi, M. Di Francesco, M. Roveri

345 Application of Complementary Signals in Built-in Self Testers for Mixed-Signal Embedded Electronic Systems / D. Zalgski, R. Zielonko, B. Bartosinski

353 Self-Integrating Rogowski Coil for High-Impulse Current Measuremen / L.A. Metwally

361 Experimental Evaluation of Feedback Modalities for Five Teleoperation Tasks / M. A. Al-Mouhamed, M. Nazeeruddin, S. M. S. Islam

372 Sensitivity Comparison of MX and Frequency-Modulated Bell-Bloom Cs Magnetometers in a Microfabricated Cell / R. Jimenez-Martinez, W. C. Griffith, Y.-J. Wang, S. Knappe, J. Kitching, K. Smith,

M. D. Prouty 379 An Error-Minimizing Approach to Regularization in Indirect Measurements /

A. G. Polak 387 Time-Domain Spherical Near-Field Antenna Measurement System

Employing a Switched Continuous-Wave Hardware Gating Technique / M. D, Blech, M. M. Leibfritz, R. Bellinger, D. Geier, F. A. Maier, A. M. Pietsch, T. F. Eibert

396 A New Precision Digital Phase Meter and Its Simple Calibration Method / J. Kawagoe, T. Kawasaki

404 Joint-Angle Measurement Using Accelerometers and Gyroscopes—A Survey / P. Cheng, B. Oelmann

415 Optimization of the Digital Near-Field Beamforming for Underwater 3-D Sonar Imaging System / P. Chen, X. Tian, Y. Chen

425 Multiphysics Modeling and Analysis of the Photoinductive Imaging Effect for Crack Detection / C.-C. Tai, Y.-L. Pan

433 A Practical Implementation of IEEE 1588-2008 Transparent Clock for Distributed Measurement and Control Systems / J. Han, D.-K. Jeong

440 A Decentralized Observer for Ship Power System Applications: Implementation and Experimental Validation / A. Benigni, G. D'Antona, U. Ghisla, A. Monti, F. Pond

450 Assessment of Electromagnetic Emissions From Synchronous Generators and Its Metrological Characterization / A. Mariscotti

458 On the Stability of Shield-Driver Circuits / E. M. Spine Hi, F. Reverter 463 An All-Digital Self-Calibration Method for a Vernier-Based Time-to-Digital

Converter / R. Rashidzadeh, M. Ahmadi, W. C. Miller 470 Mixed Visual Control Method for Robots With Self-Calibrated Stereo Rig /

Y. Shen, D. Xu, M. Tan, J. Yu 480 An Online System of Multispectral Palmprint Verification / D. Zhang,

Z. Guo, G. Lu, L. Zhang, W. Zuo

SHORT PAPERS 491 An Automated Instrument for the Measurement of Bark Microrelief /

J. T. Van Stan, M. T. Jarvis, D. F. Levia

COMMENT AND REBUTTAL 494 Comment on "The Case of Absence of Transverse Doppler Effect" /

A. Sfarti

495 Response: The Case of Absence of Transverse Doppler Effect / H. Thim

nr 3 REGULAR PAPERS 498 A Hybrid Particle Approach for GNSS Applications With Partial GPS Outages

/ C. Boucher. J.-C. Noyer 506 Optical Angular Encoder Installation Error Measurement and Calibration by

Ring Laser Gyroscope / S. Qin, Z. Huang, X. Wang

512 Precision Clock and Time Transfer on a Wireless Telecommunication Link / C. N. M. Matins, P. Kaufmann, A. A. Ferreira, Jr., P. H. Lopes, M. C. de Paiva, R. M. Vilela, A. C. da Silveira

519 A Wideband Frequency-Domain Channel-Sounding System and Delay-Spread Measurements at the License-Free 57- to 64-GHz Band / A. G. Siamarou, M. Al-Nuaimi

527 A Discrete Matlab-Simulink Flickermeter Model for Power Quality Studies / L. W. White, S. Bhattacharya

534 Novel and Simple High-Frequency Single-Port Vector Network Analyzer / M. A. Abou-Khousa, M. A. Baumgartner, S. Kharkovsky, R. Zoughi

543 Triangular Self-Convolution Window With Desirable Sidelobe Behaviors for Harmonic Analysis of Power System / H. Wen, Z. Teng, S. Guo

553 Improving the Temporal Resolution of Magnetic Induction Tomography for Molten Metal Flow Visualization / M. Soleimani

558 A Ferrofluidic Inclinometer in the Resonant Configuration / B. Ando, A. Ascia, S. Baglio

565 New Learning Algorithm for High-Quality Velocity Measurement and Control When Using Low-Cost Optical Encoders / N. K. Boggarpu, R. C. Kavanagh

575 Reducing Drifts in the Inertial Measurements of Wrist and Elbow Positions / H. Zhou, H. Hu

586 A New Neural-Network-Based Fault Diagnosis Approach for Analog Circuits by Using Kurtosis and Entropy as a Preprocessor / L. Yuan, Y. He, J. Huang, Y. Sun

596 Obtaining Time Derivative of Low-Frequency Signals With Improved Signal-to-Noise Ratio / J. Kruttiventi, J. Wu, J. L Frankel

604 The Refinement of Models With the Aid of the Fuzzy /:-Nearest Neighbors Approach / S.-B. Roh, T.-C. Ahn, W. Pedrycz

616 A Comprehensive Mixed-Mode Time-Domain Load- and Source-Pull Measurement System / V. Teppati, A. Ferrero, M. Garelli, S. Bonino

623 Five-Point Amplitude Estimation of Sinusoidal Signals: With Application to LVDT Signal Conditioning / S.-T. Wu, J.-L. Hong

631 Precise Frequency Comparison System Using Bidirectional Optical Amplifiers / M. Amemiya, M. Imae, Y. Fujii, T. Suzuyama, F.-L. Hong, M. Takamoto

641 A Ferroelectric-Capacitor-Based Approach to Quasistatic Electric Field Sensing / B. Ando S. Baglio, A. R. Bulsara, V. Marietta

653 Onboard Estimation and Classification of a Railroad Curvature / J. Trehag, P. Handel, M. Ogren

661 Temperature Measurement Technique for Stabilizing the Light Output of RGB LED Lamps / X. Qu, S.-C. Wong, C. K. Tse

671 A Scatterometer System for Laboratory Study of Polarimetric Electromagnetic Signatures of Icy Hydrometeors / Y. Zhang, A. Huston, M. Mallo, Z. Li, G. Zhang

682 A Direct Measurement Method of Frequency Responses of the Smart Power 1C / H. Xu, H.-J. Kim, H. Kim

687 Accurate Doppler Radar Noncontact Vital Sign Detection Using the RELAX Algorithm / C.Li, J. Ling, J. Li, J. Lin

696 Fiber-Optic Sensor Interrogation Based on a Widely Tunable Monolithic Laser Diode / M.S. Muller, L. Hoffmann, T. Bodendorfer, F. Hirth, F. Petit, M. P. Planner, T. C. Buck, A. W. Koch

704 Receiver I/Q Imbalance: Tone Test, Sensitivity Analysis, and the Universal Software Radio Peripheral / P. Handel, P. Zetterberg

715 Line Topology Identification Using Multiobjective Evolutionary Computation / C. Sales, R. M. Rodriguez, F. Lindqvist, J. Costa, A. Klautau, K. Ericson, J. R. i Riu, P. O. Borjesson

730 Improving Biometric Authentication Performance From the User Quality / A. Kumar, D. Zhang

736 Further Generalization of the Low-Frequency True-RMS Instrument / V. Pjevalica, V. Vujicic

nr 4 SPECIAL SECTION ON BIOMETRIC INSTRUMENTATION AND

MEASUREMENT GUEST EDITORIAL

750 Special Section in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement on Biometric Instrumentation and Measurement / F. Scotti, D. Zhang

SPECIAL SECTION PAPERS 752 Toward Force-Based Signature Verification: A Pen-Type Sensor and

Preliminary Validation / D. Wang, Y. Zhang, C. Yao, J. Wu, H. Jiao, M. Liu

763 Biometric Authentication System on Mobile Personal Devices / Q. Tao, R. Veldhuis

774 Three-Dimensional Facial Imaging Using a Static Light Screen (SLS) a Dynamic Subject / R. T. McKeon, P. J. Flynn

784 The Human-Biometric-Sensor Interaction Evaluation Method: Biometric Performance and Usability Measurements / E.P. Kukula, M. J. Sutton, S. J. Elliott

792 Pigment Melanin: Pattern for Iris Recognition / M.S. Hosseini, B. N. Araabi, H. Soltanmn-Zadeh

805 Image-Quality-Based Adaptive Face Recognition / H. Sellahewa, S. A. Jassim

REGULAR PAPERS 814 Protocol-Independent Detection of Passive Transponders for Near-Field

Communication Systems / R. G. Mair 820 A New Approach and a Related Tool for Dependability Measurements on

Distributed Systems / A. Bondavalli, A. Ceccarelli, L. Falai, M. Vadursi 832 Capacitance-Increase Method / A. Kuperman, S. Tapuchi,

S. Makarenko, U. Suissa 840 Cross-Correlation-Based Optical Flowmeter / C.W. Fernandes,

M. D. Beliar, M. M. Werneck 847 Timing Jitter and Modulation Profile Extraction for Spread-Spectrum Clocks

/ J. Hsu, C. Su 857 Runtime Extension of Low-Power Wireless Sensor Nodes Using Hybrid-

Storage Units / M. T. Penella, M. Gasulla 866 Digital Q-Varying Notch IIR Filter With Transient Suppression /

J. Piskorowski

873 A Dynamic Dual-Link Wideband MIMO Channel Sounder for 5.3 GHz / V.-M. Kolmonen, P. Aimers, J. Salmi, J. Koivunen, K. Haneda, A. Richter, F. Tufvesson,A. F. Molisch, P. Vainikainen

884 Multifocus Image Fusion and Restoration With Sparse Representation / B. Yang, S. Li

893 Static and Dynamic Characterization of the Temperature and Humidity Influence on IPMC Actuators / P. Brunetto, L. Fortuna, P. Giannone, S. Graziani, S. Strazzeri

909 Predictive Iterated Kalman Filter for INS/GPS Integration and Its Application to SAR Motion Compensation / J. Fang, X. Gong

916 Correcting Sampling Oscilloscope Timebase Errors With a Passively Mode-Locked Laser Phase Locked to a Microwave Oscillator / J.A. Jargon, P. D. Hale, C. M. Wang

923 Low-Cost Fiber-Optic Temperature Measurement System for High-Voltage Electrical Power Equipment / Y. Ding, X. Dai, T. Zhang

934 Multilevel Thresholding for Image Segmentation Through an Improved Quantum-Behaved Particle Swarm Algorithm / H. Gao, W. Xu, J. Sun,

Y. Tang 947 A Novel Method of Extending the Linearity Range of Linear Variable

Differential Transformer Using Artificial Neural Network / S. K. Mishra, G. Panda, D. P. Das

954 Simultaneous Frequency and Harmonic Magnitude Estimation Using Decoupled Modules and Multirate Sampling / M. D. Kusljevic

963 Signal Transmission by Galvanic Coupling Through the Human Body / M.S. Wegmueller, M. Oberle, N. Felber, N. Kuster, W. Fichtner

970 Partial-Matching Technique in a Mixed-Mode BIST Environment / T. Reungpeerakul, D. Kay, S. Mourad

978 Temporal Dynamics for Blind Measurement of Room Acoustical Parameters / T. H. Falk, W.-Y. Chan

nr 5 SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE 2009 INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTATION AND

MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE (I2MTC 2009) EDITORIAL

995 Editor-in-Chiefs Note—I2MTC 2009 Special Issue / R. Zoughi SPECIAL ISSUE PAPERS A/D AND D/A CONVERSION, ANALOG, AND DIGITAL INSTRUMENTATION 997 Analysis of the Switched-Capacitor Dual-Slope Capacitance-to-Digital

Converter / B. George, V. J. Kumar 1007 An ARMAX Identification Method for Sigma-Delta Modulators Using Only

Input-Output Data / G. Vandersteen, M. Jain, R. Pintelon 1013 A Novel Dual-Slope Resistance-to-Digital Converter / N. M. Mohan,

B. George, V. J. Kumar 1019 A Novel Sample-and-Hold-Based Time-to-Digital Converter Architecture /

P. Napolitano, F. Alimenti, P. Carbone 1027 Test Equipment for DAC's Performance Assessment: Design and

Characterization / A. Baccigalupi, M. D'Arco, A. Liccardo, M. Vadursi ANALOG AND DIGITAL DATA, IMAGE, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING 1035 Calibration of an Inspection System for Online Quality Control of Satin

Glass / F. Adamo, F. Attivissimo, A. Di Nisio 1047 Multimodal Vision-Haptic Perception of Digital Watermarks Embedded in

3-D Meshes / N. Sakr, N. D. Georganas, J. Zhao, E. M. Petriu INSTRUMENTATION FOR MEASUREMENT IN COMMUNICATION 1056 Blind Multidimensional Matched Filtering Techniques for Single Input

Multiple Output Communications / A. Coskun, L. Kale 1065 Modeling and Measuring Link Capacity in Communication Networks /

L. Angrisani, A. Napolitano, M. Vadursi

CONTROLS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT 1073 A Design Approach For Digital Controllers Using Reconfigurable Network-

Based Measurements / R. Liu, A. Monti, F. Pond, A. H. C. Smith INSTRUMENTATION FOR AND MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS,

ENERGY METERING, AND ELECTRIC POWER QUALITY 1082 Disturbing Load Detection in Three-Wire and Four-Wire Systems Based on

Novel Nonactive Powers From IEEE 1459-2000 / A. Cataliotti, V. Cosentino

1091 Improvement of Hall Effect Current Transducer Metrological Performances in the Presence of Harmonic Distortion / A. Cataliotti, D. Di Cara, A. E. Emanuel, S. Nuccio

1098 In Situ Calibration of Heterogeneous Acquisition Systems: The Monitoring System of a Photovoltaic Plant / A. Carullo, S. Corbellini, A. Luoni, A. Neri

1104 Online Monitoring of the Power Transfer in a DC Test Grid / M. Albu, E. Kyriakides, G. Chicco, M. Popa, A. Nechifor

1119 Real-Time Digital Compensation of Current Transformers Over a Wide Frequency Range / D. Gallo, C. Landi, M. Luiso

EMBEDDED AND LOW-POWER SYSTEMS 1127 Standby Leakage Power Reduction Technique for Nanoscale CMOS VLSI

Systems / H. Jeon, Y.-B. Kim, M. Choi 1134 In-Process Temperature Mapping System for Industrial Freeze Dryers /

S. Corbellini, M. Parvis, A. Vallan

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS, ACCURACY, PRECISION, AND PARAMETER ESTIMATION 1141 Upper Bounding Variations of Best Linear Approximations of Nonlinear

Systems in Power Sweep Measurements / J. Schoukens, T. Dobrowiecki, Y. Rolain, R. Pintelon

1149 Instrumental Uncertainty and Model Uncertainty Unified in a Modified Fuzzy Inference System / A. Ferrero, A. Federici, S. Salicone

1158 Accurate Amplitude Estimation of Harmonic Components of Incoherently Sampled Signals in the Frequency Domain / D. Belega, D. Dallet, D. Slepicka

IMAGING TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTATION 1167 Temperature Estimation of Visible Heat Sources by Digital Photography

and Image Processing / A. M. Panditrao, P. P. Rege 1175 Pseudo-Four-Phase-Shift Algorithm for Performance Enhancement of 3D-

TOF Vision Systems / S. Hussmann, T. Edeler

1182 Thermal Event Recognition Applied to Protection of Tokamak Plasma-Facing Components / V. Martin, J.-M. Travere, F. Bremond,

V. Moncada, G. Dunand 1192 Measurement of Porosity in Granular Particle Distributions Using Adaptive

Thresholding / M. Bloom, M. J. Russell, A. Kustau, S. Mandayam,

B. Sukumaran

MEASUREMENT OF MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS 1200 Effective Magnetic Permeability Measurement in Composite Resonator

Structures / M. Bologna, A. Petri, B. Tellini, C. Zappacosta 1207 Improvement and Metrological Validation of TDR Methods for the

Estimation of Static Electrical Conductivity / A. Cataldo, E. Piuzzi, G. Cannazza, E. De Benedetto

1216 Enhancement and Metrological Characterization of an Accurate and Low-Cost Method Based on Seismic Wave Propagation for Soil Moisture Evaluation / F. Attivissimo, G. Cannazza, A. Cataldo, E. De Benedetto, L. Fabbiano

MEDICAL AND BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION AND APPLICATIONS 1224 Measurement of Viscoelastic Properties of Polyacrylamide-Based Tissue-

Mimicking Phantoms for Ultrasound Elastography Applications / K. Kumar, M. E. Andrews, V. Jayashankar, A. K. Mishra, S. Suresh

1233 Low-Cost Optical Flowmeter With Analog Front-End Electronics for Blood Extracorporeal Circulators / M. Norgia, A. Pesatori, L. Rovati

1240 Pipeline Architecture and Parallel Computation-Based Real-Time Stereovision Tracking System for Surgical Navigation / P. Zhou, Y. Liu, Y. Wang

1251 A Technique to Improve the Image Quality in Computer Tomography / F. Attivissimo, G. Cavone, A. M. L. Lanzolla, M. Spadavecchia

MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES 1258 Simple Experimental Techniques to Characterize Capacitors in a Wide

Range of Frequencies and Temperatures / A. M. R. Amaral, A. J. Marques Cardoso

1268 Parameter Selection in Cross-Correlation-Based Velocimetry Using Circular Electrostatic Sensors / W. Zhang, C. Wang, Y. Wang

1276 A New and Fast-Readout Interface for Resistive Chemical Sensors / A. Depari, A. Flammini, D. Marioli, E. Sisinni, A. De Marcellis, G. Ferri, V. Stornelli

1284 Contactless Two-Axis Inclination Measurement System Using Planar Flux-Gate Sensor / L. Rovati, S. Cattini

1294 Separation of Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow Through Independent Component Analysis / Y.Xu,H. Wang, Z. Cui, F. Dong, Y. Yan

METROLOGY, STANDARDS, AND CALIBRATION 1303 Calibration of Rogowski Coils at Frequencies up to 10 kHz Using Digital

Sampling / B. Djokic NETWORKING, NETWORKS, AND SENSOR NETWORKS 1309 Unrestrained Measurement of Arm Motion Based on a Wearable Wireless

Sensor Network / G. X. Lee, K. S. Low, T. Taker 1318 Sync & Sense: VoIP Measurement Methodology for Assessing One-Way

Delay Without Clock Synchronization / B. Ngamwongwattana, R. Thompson

1327 Building Dynamic Social Network From Sensory Data Feed / M. A. Rahman, A. El Saddik, W. Gueaieb

1342 On the Implementation and Performance Assessment of a Wireless HART Distributed Packet Analyzer / P. Ferrari, A. Flammini, D. Marioli, S. Rinaldi, L. Sisinni

NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION AND REMOTE SENSING 1353 Passive Hybrid MEMS for High-Temperature Telemetric Measurements /

D. Marioli, E. Sardini, M. Serpelloni 1362 Liftoff Correction Based on the Spatial Spectral Behavior of Eddy-Current

Images / A. Lopes Ribeiro, F. Alegria, O. A. Postolache, H. M. G. Ramos

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION, MEASUREMENT, AND SYSTEMS 1368 Frequency Compensation for a Self-Mixing Interferometer / M. Norgia,

A. Pesatori, M. Tanelli, M. Lovera 1375 Detector-Based Calibration for Illuminance and Luminance Meters —

Experimental Results / P. Fiorentin, A. Scroccaro 1382 Near-Field Measurements and Mode Power Distribution of Multimode

Optical Fibers / M. Olivero, G. Perrone, A. Vallan 1389 Displacement and Acceleration Measurements in Vibration Tests Using

a Fiber Optic Sensor / A. Vallan, M. L. Casalicchio, G. Perrone

RF, MICROWAVE, MILLIMETER WAVE AND TERA-HERTZ 1397 Broadband Dielectric Measurements on Highly Scattering Materials / Z. Li,

A. Sharma, A. I. M. Ayala, M. N. Afsar, K. A. Korolev

1406 A Multiport Measurement System for Complex Distortion Measurements of Nonlinear Microwave Systems / W. S. El-Deeb, N. Boulejfen,

F. M, Ghannouchi 1414 Quantitative Determination of Cyfluthrin in N-Hexane by Terahertz Time-

Domain Spectroscopy With Chemometrics Methods / Y. Hua, H. Zhang, H. Zhou

SENSORS, SENSOR FUSION, AND TRANSDUCERS 1424 Detection of Narrow-Band Signals Through the FFT and Polyphase FFT

Filter Banks: Noncoherent Versus Coherent Integration / S. Wang,

R. Inkol, S. Rajan, F. Patenaude 1439 ISDP: Interactive Software Development Platform for Household Appliance

Testing Industry / Z. Guo, P. Chen, Y. Feng, Y. Jiang, F. Hong 1453 A Resonant Vibrating Tactile Probe for Biomedical Applications Based on

IPMC / P. Brunetto, L. Fortuna, P. Giannone, S. Graziani, F. Pagano 1463 A Combined Inductive Capacitive Proxirhity Sensor for Seat Occupancy

Detection / B. George, H. Zangl, T. Bretterklieber, G. Brasseur 1471 A Ferrofluidic Inertial Sensor Exploiting the Rosensweig Effect / B. Ando,

A. Ascia, S. Baglio, A. Beninato

1477 Velocity Measurement of Pneumatically Conveyed Particles Using Intrusive Electrostatic Sensors / J. Shao, J. Krabicka, Y. Yan

SIGNALS, SYSTEMS, AND SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION 1485 A Prediction Approach for Multichannel EEG Signals Modeling Using Local

Wavelet SVM / M. Shen, L. Lin, J. Chen, C. Q. Chang

nr 6 REGULAR PAPERS ALGORITHMS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, SOFT COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS 1498 QoS Requirement in the Multimedia Transcoding Service Selection Process

/ M. S. Hossain, A. El Saddik 1507 A Multisensor Intelligent Device for Real-Time Multiphase Flow Metering in

Oil Fields / M. Meribout, N. Z. Al-Rawahi, A. M. Al-Naamany, A. Al-Bimani, K. Al-Busaidi, A. Meribout

INSTRUMENTATION FOR AND MEASUREMENT IN COMMUNICATION 1520 On the Spatial Averaging of Multiple Narrowband Electromagnetic Field

Measurements: Methods and Uncertainty Estimation / D.I, Stratakis, A. I. Miaoudakis, V. G. Zacharopoulos, T. D. Xenos

1537 Experimental Investigation on Time Reversal Preceding for Space-Time Focusing in Wireless Communications / H. El-Sallabi, P. Kyritsi, A. Paulraj, G. Papanicolaou

CONTROLS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT 1544 Linear Optical Encoder System With Sinusoidal Signal Distortion Below —

60 dB / J. Rozman, A. Pletersek

INSTRUMENTATION FOR AND MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS, ENERGY METERING, AND ELECTRIC POWER QUALITY 1550 Enhanced RBF Network for Recognizing Noise-Riding Power Quality Events

/ C.-C. Liao 1562 A Divide-by-Difference-Filter Based Algorithm for Estimation of Generator

Rotor Angle Utilizing Synchrophasor Measurements / P. Tripathy, S. C. Srivastava, S. N. Singh

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS, ACCURACY, PRECISION, AND PARAMETER ESTIMATION 1571 Composite Interpolated Fast Fourier Transform With the Hanning Window /

K. F. Chen, S. L. Mel MEDICAL AND BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION AND APPLICATIONS 1580 Instrument-Based Noncontact Doppler Radar Vital Sign Detection System

Using Heterodyne Digital Quadrature Demodulation Architecture / C. Gu, C. Li, J. Lin, J. Long, J. Huangfu, L. Ran

MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES 1589 Posture Monitoring System for Context Awareness in Mobile Computing /

J. Baek, B.-J. Yun 1600 Compressed Sensing for Surface Characterization and Metrology / J. Ma 1616 A Very High Sensitivity RF Pulse Profile Measurement System/ J. B. Lai,

C. G. Christodoulou 1624 A Low-Cost Submicrolinear Incremental Encoder Based on 3x3 Fiber-Optic

Directional Coupler / H. W. Chow, N. C. Cheung, W. Jin 1634 Multidimensional Fitness Function DPSO Algorithm for Analog Test Point

Selection / R. Jiang, H. Wang, S. Tian, B. Long 1642 An Effective Framework to Evaluate Dynamic Partial Reconfiguration in

FPGA Systems / K. Papadimitriou, A. Anyfantis, A. Dollas

1652 A Novel Technique for Acquisition and Presentation of Complex Vibration Waveforms / K. P. S. Rana, R. Singh, K. S. Sayann

1663 An FPGA-Integrated Time-to-Digital Converter Based on Two-Stage Pulse Shrinking / R. Szplet, K. Klepacki

1671 An Innovative Method for Thermal Characterization of Automotive Electronic Devices Based on CNNs / L. Fortuna, M. Frasca, G. M. Rivituso

METROLOGY, STANDARDS, AND CALIBRATION 1678 An Improved Helical Resonator Design for Rubidium Atomic Frequency

Standards / J. Yang, Y. Zhang, X. Li, L. Li

NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION AND REMOTE SENSING 1686 Wireless Communication and Power Supply Strategy for Sensor

Applications Within Closed Metal Walls / H. Zangl, A. Fuchs, T. Bretterklieber, M. J. Moser, G. Holler

1693 Depth Evaluation of Shallow Surface Cracks in Metals Using Rectangular Waveguides at Millimeter-Wave Frequencies / A. McClanahan, S. Kharkovsky, A. R. Maxon, R. Zoughi, D. D. Palmer, Jr.

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION, MEASUREMENT, AND SYSTEMS 1705 A Specific Absorption Rate Measurement Method Using Fiber Optic Thermal

Sensors / Y. Okano, T. Sato, Y. Sugama

SENSORS, SENSOR FUSION, AND TRANSDUCERS 1715 A Temperature Compensation Circuit for Thermal Flow Sensors Operated

in Constant-Temperature-Difference Mode / C. Sosna, R. Buchner, W. Lang

1722 AC Impedance Model of Array Electrodes in Multisensor Fusion System for Two-Phase Flow Measurement / X. Deng, Y. Chen, Z. Yan, Z. Wei

SIGNALS, SYSTEMS, AND SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION 1727 Substrate Noise Coupling Mechanisms in Lightly Doped CMOS Transistors /

S. Bronckers, G. Van der Plas, G. Vandersteen, Y. Rolain 1734 High-Sensitivity Tracking of MOSFET Damage Using Dynamic-Mode

Transient Measurements / L. J. Passmore, O. O. Awadelkarim, J. P. Cusumano

nr 7 REGULAR PAPERS A/D AND D/A CONVERSION, ANALOG, AND DIGITAL INSTRUMENTATION 1746 The Maximum-Likelihood Noise Magnitude Estimation in ADC Linearity

Measurements / Y. Gendai ANALOG AND DIGITAL DATA, IMAGE, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING 1755 Digital Image Stabilization by Independent Component Analysis /

A. A. Amanatiadis, I. Andreadis

INSTRUMENTATION FOR AND MEASUREMENT IN COMMUNICATION 1764 A New Network Synchronizer Using Phase Adjustment and Feedforward

Filtering Based on Low-Cost Crystal Oscillators / C.-K. Seong, S.-W. Lee,

W.-Y. Choi 1775 A Passive Differential Termination and Signal Sensing Device for High-

Speed (40 Gb/s) Test Applications / C. M. Smutzer, P. J. Zabinski,

B. K. Gilbert, E. S. Daniel 1783 Non-Data-Aided Parametric- and Nonparametric-Based Carrier Frequency

Estimators for Burst GMSK Communication Systems / M. E. Magana, A. Kandukuri

INSTRUMENTATION FOR AND MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS, ENERGY METERING, AND ELECTRIC POWER QUALITY 1793 Robust Adaptive Frequency Estimation of Three-Phase Power Systems /

M. Mojiri, D. Yazdani, A. Bakhshai 1803 Dynamic Phasor and Frequency Estimates Through Maximally Flat

Differentiators / M. A. Platas-Garza, J. A. de la O Serna

BUILT-IN SELF-TEST, DESIGN-FOR-TESTING, FAULT DIAGNOSIS, AND FAULT-TOLERANCE 1812 Reliability Modeling and Analysis of Clockless Wave Pipeline Core for

Embedded Combinational Logic Design / T. Feng, N.-J. Park, M. Choi, N. Park

COMPUTATIONAL IMAGING TECHNIQUES 1825 Adaptive Reflection Detection and Location in Iris Biometric Images by

Using Computational Intelligence Techniques / F. Scotti, V. Piuri 1834 Unmixing Low-Ratio Endmembers in Hyperspectral Images Through

Gaussian Synapse ANNs / F. L. Pena, J. L. Crespo, R. J. Duro MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES 1841 Measurement and Defect Detection of the Weld Bead Based on Online

Vision Inspection / Y. Li, Y.F.Li, Q.L. Wang, D. Xu, M. Tan

1850 A New Device for In Situ Measurement of an Impedance Profile at 1-20 MHz / X. Chavanne, J.-P. Frangi, G. de Rosny

1860 Test Structure for Characterization of Low-Frequency Noise in CMOS Technologies / C. Wei, Y.-Z. Xiong, X. Zhou

1866 A Simultaneous Estimation of Frequency, Magnitude, and Active and Reactive Power by Using Decoupled Modules / M.D. Kusljevic

1874 Noncontact 3-D Coordinate Measurement of Cross-Cutting Feature Points on the Surface of a Large-Scale Workpiece Based on the Machine Vision Method / S. Zhu, Y. Gao

1888 Evaluation of Nonfailure Operation Time of Power System Elements in Virtual Test Bed Environment via Time-Frequency Analysis / G. M. Balim,

R. A. Dougal, V. A. Lyashev, V. P. Popov, Y.-J. Shin, P. E. C. Stone

METROLOGY, STANDARDS, AND CALIBRATION 1894 Strong Attenuation of the Transients' Effect in Square Waves Synthesized

With a Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard / B. Jeanneret, F. Overney, A. Rufenacht, J. Nissila

NETWORKING, NETWORKS, AND SENSOR NETWORKS 1900 Instrumentation for an Urban Series-PHEV Bus With Onboard-Based

Sensors and Automotive Network Standards / P. Marino, F. Poza, M. A. Dommguez, S. Otero

NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION AND REMOTE SENSING 1911 Assessment of Three Spectroscopic Techniques for Rapid Estimation of

Calcite in Copper Ore / P. Escdrate, A. R. Guesalaga, V. R. Albertini, and D. Bailo

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION, MEASUREMENT, AND SYSTEMS 1918 Measurements and Error Sources in Time Transfer Using Asynchronous

Fiber Network / S.-C. Ebenhag, P. O. Hedekvist, P. Jarlemark, R. Emardson, K. Jaldehag, C. Rieck, P. Lothberg

1925 Monitoring Absorption Changes in a Layered Diffusive Medium by White-Light Time-Resolved Reflectance Spectroscopy / A. Giusto, C. D'Andrea, L. Spinelli, D. Contini, A. Torricelli, F. Martelli,

G. Zaccanti, and R. Cubeddu SENSORS, SENSOR FUSION, AND TRANSDUCERS 1933 Effects of Mechanical Tolerances on QMF Performance for Operation in the

Third Stability Zone / T. J. Hogan, S. Taylor 1941 Airborne Vehicle Mapping of Curvilinear Objects Using 2-D Splinegon /

S. Lazarus, A. Tsourdos, B. A. White, P. M. G. Silson, R. Zbikowski 1955 A Multivariable Detection Device Based on a Capacitive Microphone and Its

Application to Security / K. Watanabe, T. Ishigaki, T. Higuchi 1964 Target Registration Correction Using the Neural Extended Kalman Filter /

K. A. Kramer, S. C. Stubberud, J. A. Geremia SIGNALS, SYSTEMS, AND SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION 1972 Detection and Localization of Load Coils from One-Port Measurements /

F. Lindqvist, A. Fertner

SHORT PAPERS 1983 Measurement of IC-Conducted Emissions by Employing a Backward-Wave

Directional Coupler / F. Musolino 1986 Construction of Local Anchor Map for Indoor Position Measurement System

/ Y. Zhou, C. L. Law, F. Chin

nr 8 REGULAR PAPERS ACOUSTICS AND ULTRASONICS INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT 1994 SDFT-Based Ultrasonic Range Finder Using AM Continuous Wave and

Online Parameter Estimation / P. Sumathi, P. A. Janakiraman A/D AND D/A CONVERSION, ANALOG, AND DIGITAL INSTRUMENTATION 2005 Background Calibration of Gain Errors in HAS A/D Converters /

A. Delic-Ibukic, D. M. Hummels

ANALOG AND DIGITAL DATA, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING 2015 Analysis and Measurement of Crosstalk Effects on Mixed-Signal CMOS ICs

With Different Mounting Technologies / V. Ferragina, N. Ghittori, G. Torelli, G. Boselli, G. Trucco, V. Liberali

INSTRUMENTATION FOR AND MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS, ENERGY METERING, AND ELECTRIC POWER QUALITY 2026 A Robust Technique for Frequency Estimation of Distorted Signals in Power

Systems / C.-H. Huang, C.-H. Lee, K.-J. Shih, Y.-J. Wang 2037 A Review of Flicker Severity Assessment by the IEC Flickermeter / J. Ruiz,

J. J. Gutierrez, A. Lazkano, S. Ruiz de Gauna

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS, ACCURACY, PRECISION, AND PARAMETER ESTIMATION 2048 The Evaluation of Scan-Derived Anthropometric Measurements / J.-M. Lu,

M.-J. J. Wang

BUILT-IN SELF-TEST, DESIGN-FOR-TESTING, FAULT DIAGNOSIS, AND FAULT-TOLERANCE 2055 Approach to Fault Identification for Electronic Products Using Mahalanobis

Distance / S. Kumar, T. W. S. Chow, M. Pecht 2065 Diagnosis of Induction Motor Faults in the Fractional Fourier Domain /

M. Pineda-Sanchez, M. Riera-Guasp, J. A. Antonino-Daviu, J. Roger-

Folch, J. Perez-Cruz, R. Puche-Panadero 2076 Application of Predictive Oscillation-Based Test to a CMOS OpAmp / K. Suenaga, E. Isern, R. Picas, S. Bota, M. Roca, E. Garcia-Moreno

COMPUTATIONAL IMAGING TECHNIQUES 2083 An Adaptive Approach for the Progressive Integration of Spatial and

Spectral Features When Training Ground-Based Hyperspectral Imaging Classifiers / A. Prieto, F. Bellas, R. J. Duro, F. Lopez-Pena

MEASUREMENT OF MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS 2094 Support Vector Regression for the Determination of the Nutritional

Components of Edible Oil by Terahertz Spectroscopy / J.Li

MEDICAL AND BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION AND APPLICATIONS 2099 Design of a Novel Efficient Human-Computer Interface: An

Electrooculagram Based Virtual Keyboard / A. B. Usakli, S. Gurkan

MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES 2109 Characterization of Component Under DC Biasing Condition Using

an Inductive Coupling Approach / W.-Y. Chang, K.-Y. See, B. Hu 2115 ADC Static Characterization Using Nonlinear Ramp Signal / S. C. Vora,

L. Satish

2123 A Measurement Technique for Verifying the Match Condition of Assembled RFID Tags / S.-L. Chen, K.-H. Lin, R. Mittra

2134 An Online and Noninvasive Technique for the Condition Monitoring of Capacitors in Boost Converters / G. M. Buiatti, J. A. Martin-Ramos, C. H. Rojas Garcia, A. M. R Amaral, A. J. Marques Cardoso

METROLOGY, STANDARDS, AND CALIBRATION 2144 A Triaxial Accelerometer Calibration Method Using a Mathematical Model /

S. P. Won, F. Golnaraghi NETWORKING, NETWORKS, AND SENSOR NETWORKS 2154 Online Packet Loss Measurement and Estimation for VPN-Based Services /

D. Zhang, D. Ionescu

NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION AND REMOTE SENSING 2167 Automatic Monitoring System for Singularity Detection in Dikes By DTS

Data Measurement / A. A. Khan, V. Vrabie, J. I. Mars, A. Girard, G. D'Urso

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION, MEASUREMENT, AND SYSTEMS 2176 Three-Dimensional Color Pattern Recognition Using Fringe-Adjusted Joint

Transform Correlation With CIELab Coordinates / M. S. Alam, S. F. Goh,

S. Dacharaju 2185 Calibration of Line-Scan Cameras / C. A. Luna, M. Mazo, J. L. Ldzaro,

J. F. Vazquez RF, MICROWAVE, MILLIMETER WAVE, TERA-HERTZ 2191 Extending the Interrogation Range of a Passive UHF RFID System With an

External Continuous Wave Transmitter / J.-S. Park, J.-W. Jung,

S.-Y. Ahn, H.-H. Roh, H.-R. Oh, Y.-R. Seong, Y.-D. Lee, K. Choi 2198 Millimeter-Wave Transmittance and Reflectance Measurement on Pure and

Diluted Carbonyl Iron / K.A. Korolev, S. Chen, Z. Li, M. N. Afsar 2204 A Robust Microwave Rain Gauge / T. Mansheim, A. Kruger, J. Niemeier,

A. J. B. Brysiewicz

SENSORS, SENSOR FUSION, AND TRANSDUCERS 2211 D-Dot Probe for Fast-Front High-Voltage Measurement / I. A. Metwally SIGNALS, SYSTEMS, AND SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION 2220 Nonlinear System Identification Using Exponential Swept-Sine Signal /

A. Novak, L. Simon, F. Kadlec, P. Lofton

VIRTUAL MEASUREMENTS AND SYSTEMS AND SYNTHETIC INSTRUMENTATION 2230 Classification of Black Tea Taste and Correlation With Tea Taster's Mark

Using Voltammetric Electronic Tongue / M. Palit, B. Tudu, P. K. Dutta, A. Dutta, A. Jana, J. K. Roy, N. Bhattacharyya, R. Bandyopadhyay,

A. Chatterjee

CORRESPONDENCE 2240 Adaptive Ultrasonic Distance Measurement Technique for Handwriting

Digitization Using Reconfigurable Analog Blocks / C.H. Han, J. Chung, S. H. Hong

2243 Distillation of Essential Oil From Leaves of Eucalyptus camaldulensis by Using Microwave Power Source / M. Gunes, M. H. Alma

nr 9 REGULAR PAPERS ALGORITHMS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, SOFT COMPUTING, AND INFORMATICS 2250 Distributed Unsupervised Gaussian Mixture Learning for Density Estimation

in Sensor Networks / B. Safarinejadian, M. B. Menhaj, M. Karrari ACOUSTICS AND ULTRASONICS INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENTS 2261 Experimental Investigation of Ultrasound Wave Focusing in Attenuative

Solids / A. Ganguli, R. X. Gao, K. Liang, J. Jundt, A. Ordonez A/D AND D/A CONVERSION, ANALOG, AND DIGITAL INSTRUMENTATION 2272 Impact of Decorrelation Techniques on Sampling Noise in Radio-Frequency

Applications / K. C. Lauritzen, S. H. Talisa, M. Peckerar ANALOG AND DIGITAL DATA, IMAGE, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING 2280 A Spatially Selective Correlative Filtration Method Based on the Multiscale

Edge Shift-Correlative Technique / Y. Liu, W. L. Tao, K. Liu INSTRUMENTATION FOR AND MEASUREMENT IN COMMUNICATIONS 2286 Modulation Quality Measurement in WiMAX Systems Through a Fully

Digital Signal Processing Approach / L. Angrisani, A. Napolitano

CONTROLS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT 2303 An Open-Source Scaled Automobile Platform for Fault-Tolerant Electronic

Stability Control / D. I. Katzourakis, I. Papaefstathiou, M. G. Lagoudakis

2315 Active Noise Cancellation Without Secondary Path Identification by Using an Adaptive Genetic Algorithm / C.-Y. Chang, D.-R. Chen

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS, ACCURACY, PRECISION, AND PARAMETER ESTIMATION 2328 Gaussian Jitter-Induced Bias of Sine Wave Amplitude Estimation Using

Three-Parameter Sine Fitting / P.C. Alegria, A. C. Serra BUILT-IN SELF-TEST, DESIGN-FOR-TESTING, FAULT DIAGNOSIS, AND FAULT-TOLERANCE 2334 A Fully Integrated Built-In Self-Test S-A ADC Based on the Modified

Controlled Sine-Wave Fitting Procedure / H.-C. Hang, F.-Y. Su, S.-F. Hung

2345 A Knowledge-Based Approach to Online Fault Diagnosis of FET Biosensors / C.G. Siontorou, F. A. Batzias, V. Tsakiri

IMAGING TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTATION 2365 Imaging Systems and Algorithms for the Numerical Characterization of

Three-Dimensional Shapes of Granulär Particles / M. Bloom,

J. Corriveau, P. Giordano, Jr., G. D. Lecakes, Jr., S. Mandayam, B. Sukumaran

MECHATRONICS, INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS, AND ROBOTICS 2376 Determination of High-Frequency d- and g-axis Inductances for Surface-

Mounted Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Machines / K. Lu, M. Vetuschi, P. O. Rasmussen, A. E. Ritchie

MEDICAL AND BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION AND APPLICATIONS 2383 Automatic Detection and Surface Measurements of Micronucleus by

a Computer Vision Approach / M. Ceccarelli, A. Speranza, D. Grimaldi, F. Lamonaca

2391 Instruments and Methods for Calibration of Oscillometric Blood Pressure Measurement Devices / E. Balestrieri, S. Rapuano

MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES 2405 Utilization of Target Scattering to Measure High-Level Electromagnetic

Fields: The MICHELSON Method / S. Vauchamp, M. Lalande, J. Andrieu, B. Jecko, J. L. Lasserre, L. Pecastaing, B. Cadilhon

2414 An Efficient TIS Measurement Technique Based on RSSI for Wireless Mobile Stations / Y. Qi, P. Jarmuszewski, Q. Zhou, M. Certain, J. Chen

2420 Wireless LXI Bus Clock Synchronization and Triggering Design / Q. Honglei, Q. Changquan, C. Li, C. Yang

RF, MICROWAVE, MILLIMETER WAVE, AND TERA-HERTZ 2431 Broadband 20-fi 20-W Load Suitable for Characterization of Switch-Mode

Amplifiers / U. Pursche, J. Fluche, A. Wentzel, S. Freyer, C. Meliani,

W. Heinrich 2437 Compact Gaussian Beam System for S-Parameter Characterization of

Planar Structures at Millimeter-Wave Frequencies / S. lyer, C.-C. Cheng, C. Kim, A. Abbaspour-Tamijani

SENSORS, SENSOR FUSION, AND TRANSDUCERS 2445 Modification of the Maxwell-Wien Bridge for Accurate Measurement

of a Process Variable by an Inductive Transducer / S. Chattopadhyay, S. C. Bera

2450 Wireless Readout of Passive LC Sensors / R. Nopper, R. Niekrawietz, and L. Reindl

2458 Performance Characteristics of a MEMS Quadrupole Mass Filter With Square Electrodes: Experimental and Simulated Results / T. J. Hogan, S. Taylor, K. Cheung, L. F. Veläsquez-Garcia, A. I. Akinwande, R. E. Pedder

SIGNALS, SYSTEMS, AND SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION 2468 Nonlinear Induced Variance of Frequency Response Function

Measurements / I. Schoukens, K. Barbe, L. Vanbeylen, R. Pintelon 2475 Desired Order Continuous Polynomial Time Window Functions for Harmonic

Analysis / P. Singla, T. Singh

nr 10 SPECIAL SECTION ON THE 2009 IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON

MEDICAL MEASUREMENTS AND APPLICATIONS GUEST EDITORIAL

2486 Special Section on the 2009 IEEE International Workshop on Medical Measurements and Applications / D. Grimaldi, S. Rapuano

SPECIAL SECTION PAPERS 2488 Probing the Control Processes of the Motor System / D. Meary,

L. Leocani, R. Chieffo, M. Comola, G. Comi, G. Baud-Bovy 2496 A New Hand-Measurement Method to Simplify Calibration in CyberGlove-

Based Virtual Rehabilitation / I. Zhou, F. Malric, S. Shirmohammadi 2505 Assessment of a Breast Mass Identification Procedure Using an Iris

Detector / A. Mencattini, G. Rabottino, M. Salmeri, R. Lojacono 2513 A Wireless Measurement System for Estimation of Human Exposure to

Vibration During the Use of Handheld Percussion Machines / R. Morello, C. De Capua, A. Meduri

2522 Implementation and Characterization of a Medical Ultrasound Phased Array Probe With New Pb-Free SolderingMaterials / M. Catelani, V. L. Scarano, F. Bertocci

2530 A Smart ECG Measurement System Based on Web-Service-Oriented Architecture for Telemedicine Applications / C. De Capua, A. Meduri, R. Morello

2539 An Automatic System for Skeletal Bone Age Measurement by Robust Processing of Carpal and Epiphysial/Metaphysial / Bones D. Giordano, C. Spampinato, G. Scarciofalo, R. Leonardi

2554 AR-REHAB: An Augmented Reality Framework for Poststroke-Patient Rehabilitation / A. Alamri, J. Cha, A. El Saddik

2564 Physiological Parameters Measurement Based on Wheelchair Embedded Sensors and Advanced Signal Processing / O. A. Postolache, P. M. B. S. Girao, J. Mendes, E. C. Pinheiro, G. Postolache

2575 Measurement of Heart Rate Variability Using an Oscillometric Blood Pressure Monitor / S. Ahmad, M. Bolic, H. Dajani, V. Groza, I. Batkin,

S. Rajan 2591 A Texture-Based Image Processing Approach for the Description of Human

Oocyte Cytoplasm / T.M.A. Basile, L. Caponetti, G. Castellano, G. Sforza

2602 Objective Assessment of Olfactory Function Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) / S. Borromeo, J. A. Herndndez-Tamames, G. Luna, F. Machado, N. Malpica, A. Toledano

REGULAR PAPERS A/D AND D/A CONVERSION, ANALOG, AND DIGITAL INSTRUMENTATION 2609 Input-Dependent Integral Nonlinearity Modeling for Pipelined Analog-

Digital Converters / S. Medawar, P. Handel, N. Bjorsell, M. Jansson ANALOG AND DIGITAL DATA, IMAGE, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING 2621 Software PLL Based on Random Sampling / M. O. Sonnaillon,

R. Urteaga, F. J. Bonetto

2630 An Automatic System for the Real-Time Characterization of Vehicle Headlamp Beams Exploiting Image Analysis / A. Bevilacqua, A. Gherardi, L. Carozza

INSTRUMENTATION FOR AND MEASUREMENT IN COMMUNICATIONS 2639 Prototype of an Automatic Digital Modulation Classifier Embedded in

a Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer / L. De Vito, S. Rapuano, M. Villanacci INSTRUMENTATION FOR AND MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS, ENERGY METERING, AND ELECTRIC POWER QUALITY 2652 Accuracy Analysis of Algorithms Adopted in Voltage Dip Measurements /

D. Gallo, C. Landi, M. Luiso BUILT-IN SELF-TEST, DESIGN-FOR-TESTING, FAULT DIAGNOSIS, AND FAULT-TOLERANCE 2660 Circuit Implementation of a Supply Current Spectrum Test Method /

M. G. Dimopoulos, A. D. Spyronasios, D. K. Papakostas,

D. K. Konstantinou, A. A. Hatzopoulos 2671 Online Validation of Multiphase Flowmeters Using Simple Capacitance

Sensors / A. Abou-Arkoub, R. Thorn, and A. Bousbaine 2683 Detection of Motor Bearing Outer Raceway Defect by Wavelet Packet

Transformed Motor Current Signature Analysis / E.C.C.Lauand, H.W. Ngan

IMAGING TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTATION 2691 Quantitative Microwave Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection Using

a Planar 2.45 GHz System / T. Henriksson, N. Joachimowicz,

C. Conessa, J.-C. Bolomey

MEASUREMENT OF MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS 2700 Simple Low-Cost System for Thickness Measurement of Metallic Plates

Using Laser Mouse Navigation Sensor / N.N.Ali Charniya, S. V. Dudul MECHATRONICS, INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS, AND ROBOTICS 2706 Color-Based Monocular Visuoinertial 3-D Pose Estimation of a Volant Robot

/ N. Kyriakoulis, A. Gasteratos

MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES 2716 A Strict-Time Distributed Architecture for Digital Beamforming of

Ultrasound Signals / I. Camacho, O. Martinez, M. Parrilla, R. Mateos, C. Fritsch

2724 A New Circuit Topology for the Realization of Very Low Noise, High Stability Voltage Sources / C. Ciofi, G. Scandurra, G. Cannatd

2732 Performance Evaluation of Automotive Radars Using Carrier-Phase Differential GPS / S. Zeng

2742 A Novel Versatile Precision Full-Wave Rectifier / P. P. Sahu, M. Singh, A. Baishya

RF, MICROWAVE, MILLIMETER WAVE, AND TERA-HERTZ 2747 An Improved Reflectometric Method for Soil Moisture Measurement

Exploiting an Innovative Triple-Short Calibration / L. Piuzzi, A. Cataldo, G. Cannazza, E. De Benedetto

2755 Optically Modulated Probe for Precision Near-Field Measurements / H. Memarzadeh-Tehran, J.-J. Laurin, R. Kashyap

SENSORS, SENSOR FUSION, AND TRANSDUCERS 2763 Interfacing Differential Capacitive Sensors to Microcontrollers: A Direct

Approach / F. Reverter, O. Casas

TIME AND FREQUENCY DOMAIN CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS 2770 Analysis of Harmonic Energy Distribution Portfolio for Digital-to-Frequency

Converters / L. Xiu, C.-W. Huang, P. Gui

2779 Frequency-Domain Analysis of Effects of a Diverged Interconnect Design Involved in High-Speed Front-End Electronics / H. Lim

nr 11 SPECIAL SECTION ON THE 2009 ADVANCED METHODS FOR

UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION IN MEASUREMENT WORKSHOP GUEST EDITORIAL

2790 Special Section on the 2009 Advanced Methods for Uncertainty Estimation in Measurement Workshop / A. Ferrero

SPECIAL SECTION PAPERS 2792 Metrological Characterization of a CADx System for the Classification of

Breast Masses in Mammograms / A. Mencattini, M. Salmeri, G. Rabottino, S. Salicone

2800 Statistical Properties of Voltage Dip Detectors / G. Guerrieri, A. Moschitta, P. Carbone, C. Muscas

2808 Accuracy of Sine Wave Frequency Estimation by Multipoint Interpolated DFT Approach / D. Belega, D. Dallet, D. Petri

2816 Uncertainty Evaluation in Two-Dimensional Indirect Measurement by Evidence and Probability Theories / M. Fertile, M. De Cecco, L. Baglivo

2825 Uncertainty Evaluation Under Dynamic Conditions Using Polynomial Chaos Theory / A. Monti, F. Pond

2834 A Unified Framework for Uncertainty, Compatibility Analysis, and Data Fusion for Multi-Stereo 3-D Shape Estimation / M. De Cecco, M. Fertile, L. Baglivo, M. Lunardelli, F. Setti, M. Tavernini

REGULAR PAPERS ACOUSTICS AND ULTRASONICS INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENTS 2843 A Combined Approach for High-Resolution Corrosion Monitoring and

Temperature Compensation Using Ultrasound / T. Rommetveit, T. F. Johansen, R. Johnsen

A/D AND D/A CONVERSION, ANALOG AND DIGITAL INSTRUMENTATION 2854 Modeling DAC Output Waveforms / M. D'Apuzzo, M. D'Arco,

A. Liccardo, M. Vadursi

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS, ACCURACY, PRECISION AND PARAMETER ESTIMATION 2863 Initial Position Estimation Using RFID Tags: A Least-Squares Approach /

A. F. C. Errington, B. L. F. Daku, A. F. Prugger

BUILT-IN SELF-TEST, DESIGN-FOR-TESTING, FAULT DIAGNOSIS AND FAULT-TOLERANCE 2870 On-Chip Stimulus Generator for Gain, Linearity, and Blocking Profile Test

of Wideband RF Front Ends / R. Ramzan, N. Ahsan, J. Dabrowski IMAGING TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTATION 2877 Efficient Molecular Imaging Techniques Using Optically Active Molecules /

G. C. Giakos, S. A. Paturi, K. Vallum, P. Bathini, V. Adya, S. Sukumar, K. Ambadipudi, B. Mandadi,M. Becker, S. Athawale,

P. Farajipour, S. Marotta, D. Sheffer, G. Livanos, M. Zervakis 2887 Techniques to Improve Preoperative Planning Precision for Oral

Implantology / T. Chiarelli, E. Lamina, T. Sansoni

2898 3-D Scanning of Nonopaque Objects by Means of Imaging Emitted Structured Infrared Patterns / F. Meriaudeau, L. Alonso Sanchez Secades, G. Eren, A. Erqil, F. Truchetet, O. Aubreton, D. Fofi

MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES 2907 Triaxial Acceleration Measurement for Oblique Penetration Into Concrete

Target / I. Fan, Y. Wang, J. Zu, P. Xu 2914 Nonintrusive Pressure Measurement With Capacitance Method Based on

FLANN / I. Huang, H. Yuan, Y. Cut, Z. Zheng

METROLOGY, STANDARDS AND CALIBRATION 2921 Attenuation Standard in the Frequency Range of 50-75 GHz / H. Iida,

A. Widarta, T. Kawakami, K. Komiyama 2930 Evaluation of Low-Frequency Characteristic of a Thermal Converter Using

Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard / H. Sasaki, H. Yamamori, T. Yamada, H. Fujiki, A. Shoji, I. Budovsky, K. Shimizume

NETWORKING, NETWORKS AND SENSOR NETWORKS 2936 An Experimental Ad-Hoc WSN for the Instrumentation of Biological Models

/ P. Marino, F. P. Fontdn, M. A. Dominguez, S. Otero 2949 Indirect Localization and Imaging of Objects in an UWB Sensor Network /

O. Hirsch, M. Janson, W. Wiesbeck, R. S. Thomd 2958 Design of a Multifunctional Wireless Sensor for In-Situ Monitoring of Debris

Flows / H.-C. Lee, A. Banerjee, Y.-M. Fang, B.-J. Lee, C.-T. King 2968 PARSECS: A Predictable Data Communication System for Smart Sensors

and Hard Real-Time Applications / M. V. Micea, G. N. Carstoiu, L. Ungurean, D. Chiciudean, V.-I. Cretu, V. Groza

2982 Detecting External Disturbances on the Camera Lens in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks / C. Alippi, G. Boracchi, R. Camplani,

M. Roveri OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION, MEASUREMENT AND SYSTEMS 2991 Interferometric Measurement of the Diameter of a Silicon Sphere With

a Mechanical Scanning Method / Z. Luo, Y. Gu, J. Zhang, L. Yang, L. Guo

2997 A Temperature Self-Compensated LPFG Sensor for Large Strain Measurements at High Temperature / Y. Huang, Z. Zhou, Y. Zhang, G. Chen, H. Xiao

3005 Multiple-Target Laser Rangefinding Receiver Using a Silicon Photomultiplier Array / K. T. Son, C. C. Lee

RF, MICROWAVE, MILLIMETER WAVE AND TERA-HERTZ 3012 Group-Delay Measurement of Frequency-Converting Devices Using a Comb

Generator / I. Scott, M. Hoy SENSORS, SENSOR FUSION AND TRANSDUCERS 3018 Personal Navigation via High-Resolution Gait-Corrected Inertial

Measurement Units / O. Bebek, M. A. Suster, S. Rajgopal, M. J. Fu, X. Huang, M. C. Cavusoglu, D. J. Young, M. Mehregany, A. J. van

den Bogert, C. H. Mastrangelo 3028 A Planar-Coil-Based Current Transducer Used in Distribution Power System

/ P. Wang, G. Zhang, Z. Qian

3034 Sensor System for Contactless and Online Moisture Measurements / R. Bhunjun, R. W. Vogt

3041 High-Precision Absolute Rotary Angular Measurement by Using a Multielectrode Circular Position-Sensitive Detector / H. Nakajima, K. Sumi, H. Inujima

SIGNALS, SYSTEMS AND SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION 3049 A New Adaptive Filter for Estimating and Tracking the Delay and the

Amplitude of a Sinusoid / M. Chakraborty

SHORT PAPERS 3058 Noniterative Digital AC Bridge Balance / N. K. Das, T. Jayakumar, B. Raj 3060 Digital Image Watermarking Using Discrete Wavelet Transform and

Singular Value Decomposition / I.-C. Lai, C.-C. Tsai

nr 12 EDITORIAL 3066 Editor-in-Chief's Year-End Message / R. Zoughi 3069 List of Reviewers SPECIAL SECTION ON THE 2009 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

ELECTROMAGNETIC NEAR-FIELD CHARACTERIZATION AND IMAGING (ICONIC'09) GUEST EDITORIAL 3077 Special Section on the 2009 International Conference on Electromagnetic

Near-Field Characterization and Imaging (ICONIC'09) / I.-F. Kiang, S. Kharkovsky

SPECIAL SECTION PAPERS 3079 Measurement of Dielectric Constants of Nematic Liquid Crystals at mm-

Wave Frequencies Using Patch Resonator / M. Yazdanpanahi, S. Bulja, D. Mirshekar-Syahkal, R. James, S. E. Day, F. Anibal Fernandez

3086 Loop Antennas for Near-Field Multipolar-Expansion Identification: First Experimental Validations / B. Vincent, O. Chadebec, J.-L. Schanen, K. Berger

3093 RFID Multiprobe Impedance-Based Sensors / S. Capdevila, L. Jofre, J.-C. Bolomey, J. Romeu

3102 Broadband Propagative Microwave Imaging of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Wall Structures / G. Roqueta, L. Jofre, J. Romeu, S. Blanch

3111 Simple Electromagnetic Modeling Procedure: From Near-Field Measurements to Commercial Electromagnetic Simulation Tool / P. Fernandez Lopez, C. Arcambal, D. Baudry, S. Verdeyme,

B. Mazari 3122 Determination of Dielectric Constant of Fabric Materials and Their Use as

Substrates for Design and Development of Antennas for Wearable Applications / S. Sankaralingam, B. Gupta

REGULAR PAPERS ANALOG AND DIGITAL DATA, IMAGE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING 3131 A Postural Information-Based Biometric Authentication System Employing

S-Transform, Radial Basis Function Network, and Extended Kalman Filtering / A. Chatterjee, R. Fournier, A. Nai't-Ali, P. Siarry

3139 Coherent Detection of Swerling 0 Targets in Sea-Ice Weibull-Distributed Clutter Using Neural Networks / R. Vicen-Bueno, M. Rosa-Zurera, M. P. Jarabo-Amores, D. de la Mata-Moya

INSTRUMENTATION FOR AND MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS, ENERGY METERING, ELECTRIC POWER QUALITY 3152 A Simple Algorithm for the Estimation of Phase Difference Between Two

Sinusoidal Voltages / N. M. Vuciiak, L. V. Saranovac UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS, ACCURACY, PRECISION AND PARAMETER ESTIMATION 3159 Study of the Variance of Parametric Estimates of the Best Linear

Approximation of Nonlinear Systems / I. Schoukens, R. Pintelon

BUILT-IN SELF-TEST, DESIGN-FOR-TESTING, FAULT DIAGNOSIS AND FAULT-TOLERANCE

3168 A New Architecture of Test Response Analyzer Based on the Berlekamp-Massey Algorithm for BIST / C. P. de Souza, F. M. de Assis, R. C. S. Freire

IMAGING TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTATION 3174 On the Use of the Source Reconstruction Method for Estimating Radiated

EMI in Electronic Circuits / Y. Alvarez, M. Rodriguez, F. Las-Heras, M. M. Hernando

MECHATRONICS, INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS AND ROBOTICS 3184 FPGA-Based Vibration Analyzer for Continuous CNC Machinery Monitoring

With Fused FFT-DWT Signal Processing / I. D. J. Rangel-Magdaleno, R. D. J. Romero-Troncoso, R. A. Osornio-Rios, E. Cabal-Yepez, A. Dominguez-Gonzalez

MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES 3195 Visual Measurement and Prediction of Ball Trajectory for Table Tennis

Robot / Z. Zhang, D. Xu, M. Tan 3206 Functional Electrical Sensors as Single Component Electrically Open

Circuits Having No Electrical Connections / S.E. Woodard 3214 Estimating Parameters of a Sine Wave by Separable Nonlinear Least

Squares Fitting / K. F. Chen 3218 Analysis of Power Switching Losses Accounting Probe Modeling /

K. Ammous, H. Morel, A. Ammous 3227 Cross-Correlation and Sine-Fitting Techniques for High-Resolution

Ultrasonic Ranging / R. Queiros, F. Correa Alegria, P. Silva Girao, A. Cruz Sena

3237 A Deconvolutive Neural Network for Speech Classification With Applications to Home Service Robot / D. Wang, H. Leung, A. P. Kurian, H.-J. Kim, H. Yoon

NETWORKING, NETWORKS AND SENSOR NETWORKS 3244 Influence of Wi-Fi Computer Interfaces on Measurement Apparatuses /

G. Betta, D. Capriglione, L. Ferrigno, G. Miele 3253 Performance Characterization of a Wireless Instrumentation Bus /

L. Ferrigno, V. Paciello, A. Pietrosanto OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION, MEASUREMENT AND SYSTEMS 3262 Long-Duration Time-Resolved PIV to Study Unsteady Aerodynamics /

Z. J. Taylor, R. Gurka, G. A. Kopp, A. Liberzon

RF, MICROWAVE, MILLIMETER WAVE AND TERA-HERTZ 3270 A Low-Power Ultrawideband CMOS Power Detector With an Embedded

Amplifier / C. Li, F. Gong, P. Wang 3279 Quantitative Permittivity Measurements of Nanoliter Liquid Volumes in

Microfluidic Channels to 40 GHz / J. C. Booth, N. D. Orloff, J. Mateu, M. Janezic, M. Rinehart, J. A. Beall

SENSORS, SENSOR FUSION AND TRANSDUCERS 3289 Study of the Effect of Excitation Frequency on Electrode Polarization

Impedance-Type Flow Transducer / S. C. Bera, R. Sarkar, N. Mandal 3296 Orientation Estimation Using a Quaternion-Based Indirect Kalman Filter

With Adaptive Estimation of External Acceleration / Y. S. Suh TIME AND FREQUENCY DOMAIN CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS 3306 Analysis of the Exponential Signal by the Interpolated DFT Algorithm /

R.-C. Wu, C.-T. Chiang 3318 2010 index

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