Multisensordatafusion(MDF)isanemergingtechnologytofusedatafrommultiplesensorsinordertomakeamoreaccurateestimationoftheenvironmentthroughmeasurementanddetection.ApplicationsofMDFcrossawidespectruminmilitaryandcivilianareas.Withtherapidevolutionofcomputersandtheproliferationofmicro-mechanical/electricalsystemssensors,theutilizationofMDFisbeingpopularizedinresearchandapplications.ThispaperfocusesonapplicationofMDFforhighqualitydataanalysisandprocessinginmeasurementandinstrumentation.Apractical,generaldatafusionschemewasestablishedonthebasisoffeatureextractionandmergeofdatafrommultiplesensors.Thisschemeintegratesartificialneuralnetworksforhighperformancepatternrecognition.AnumberofsuccessfulapplicationsinareasofNDI(Non-DestructiveInspection)corrosiondetection,foodqualityandsafetycharacterization,andprecisionagriculturearedescribedanddiscussedinordertomotivatenewapplicationsintheseorotherareas.ThispapergivesanoverallpictureofusingtheMDFmethodtoincreasetheaccuracyofdataanalysisandprocessinginmeasurementandinstrumentationindifferentareasofapplications.
