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In recent decades, electronic nose (e-nose) devices that consist of a multisensor array have drawn a considerable attention due to their wide application fields ranging manufacturing, environmental monitoring, medical diagnosis , food industries and military safety. As an interdisciplinary technique, an e-nose system involves not only several gas sensor devices but also pattern recognition algorithms and referential databases, in order to analyze complicated gaseous mixtures like human olfactory organ. This chapter introduces the fundamental concept and constituent of an e-nose and summarizes the data processing methods as well as the applications of e-nose technologies.

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Deng, Y. (2019). Integration Technologies in Gas Sensor Application. In: Semiconducting Metal Oxides for Gas Sensing. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5853-1_8

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