Discover sensorsPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-03-27DOI: 10.1007/s44397-026-00054-0
Manuel Reis Carneiro, João Silva, Mahmoud Tavakoli
{"title":"Effects of sensor geometry, placement, and cycle detection on wearable respiration monitoring with textile printed strain sensors.","authors":"Manuel Reis Carneiro, João Silva, Mahmoud Tavakoli","doi":"10.1007/s44397-026-00054-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44397-026-00054-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Wearable respiration monitors often struggle with motion artifacts and variable skin-sensor coupling. We present an elastic chest belt with digitally printed piezoresistive strain gauges and a multi-channel bridge front-end, and we evaluate how sensor geometry, placement, and simple respiration cycle detectors affect minute-scale respiration-rate (RR) accuracy. Three printed sensor layouts (circular and serpentine/\"linear\") were placed at three thoracic locations (left, center, right); for the serpentine layout, we also tested horizontal vs. vertical orientations. RR from (i) a time-domain peaks-and-valleys (PV) detector and (ii) a power spectral density (PSD) method were compared to a thermistor reference across 4-min trials in healthy volunteers (<i>n</i> = 3), analyzed per minute. PV achieved a larger share of minutes within ± 2 RPM than PSD (≈ 70% vs. ≈37%) and within ± 1 RPM (≈ 44% vs. ≈33%). Geometry and placement mattered: a vertical serpentine on the lateral thorax showed the highest minute-level agreement within this pilot cohort and under quiet-breathing conditions (left-lateral vertical: 100% of minutes within ± 2 RPM; right-lateral vertical/horizontal: 91.7%), while circular sensors showed their highest accuracy on the left thorax (83.3% within ± 2 RPM). These pilot findings suggest preliminary design guidance for e-textile RR monitors and indicate that PV detection may be a practical option for minute-scale RR estimation under the tested conditions.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s44397-026-00054-0.</p>","PeriodicalId":521117,"journal":{"name":"Discover sensors","volume":"2 1","pages":"22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13021712/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147577463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unlocking the synergistic potential of sensor technologies in grassland research.","authors":"Keiji Jindo, Jouke Oenema, Yuta Miyoshi, Fedde Sijbrandij, Bernardo Maestrini, Idse Hoving, Hitoshi Nishikawa, Corne Kempenaar","doi":"10.1007/s44397-025-00020-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44397-025-00020-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In recent decades, the rapid advancement of sensor technologies has revolutionized research in grassland ecosystems. A wide array of sensor technologies has significantly enhanced field-based studies, contributing to a deeper understanding of grassland conditions. This review examines the synergistic potential of integrating remote sensing (RS) with various sensor technologies, such as hyperspectral, multispectral, thermal, and electrochemical sensors, highlighting their crucial role in understanding field conditions. The bibliometric analysis shows the chronological change in the usage and purposes of various RS technologies. Additionally, integrating these technologies into digital platforms offers holistic solutions for grassland management, benefiting farmers and researchers alike. A key contribution of this review is the organization of the grassland sensor landscape into four complementary pillars-structural, spectral, quantum, and proximal/physiological-and their integration with remote sensing, model-data assimilation, and digital platforms. We also synthesize emerging quantum-based approaches (e.g., cosmic-ray neutron sensing, neutron probes, graphene quantum-dot devices) and discuss their practical relevance for grassland monitoring.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s44397-025-00020-2.</p>","PeriodicalId":521117,"journal":{"name":"Discover sensors","volume":"1 1","pages":"19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12645823/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145644594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}