This volume provides a collection of specialized sensing and signal processing techniques not easily found in related books. Each chapter lucidly presents brief background material, principles, and techniques. Some of the topics covered include electrical, optical, chemical, biochemical, nucleonic, microwave, and MEMS sensors; signal conditioning, signal processing, filtering, telemetry, and data communication; image-based instrumentation, including biomedical and remote sensing; intelligent instrumentation, such as sensor fusion and signal estimation; and applications, such as automation in irrigation and VLSI in medical instrumentation.