Biomedical Diagnostics and Clinical Technologies: Applying High-Performance Cluster and Grid Computing
Biomedical Diagnostics and Clinical Technologies: Applying High-Performance Cluster and Grid Computing

Author: Pereira, Manuela

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2010-09-30

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 160566281X

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Biomedical Diagnostics and Clinical Technologies: Applying High-Performance Cluster and Grid Computing disseminates knowledge regarding high performance computing for medical applications and bioinformatics. This critical reference source contains a valuable collection of cutting-edge research chapters for those working in the broad field of medical informatics and bioinformatics.

Interoperability in Healthcare Information Systems: Standards, Management, and Technology
Interoperability in Healthcare Information Systems: Standards, Management, and Technology

Author: Sicilia, Miguel Ángel

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2013-06-30

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1466630019

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Although the standards in electronic health records and general healthcare services continue to evolve, many organizations push to connect interoperability with public service and basic citizenship rights. This poses significant technical and organizational challenges that are the focus of many research and standardization efforts. Interoperability in Healthcare Information Systems: Standards, Management and Technology provides a comprehensive collection on the overview of electronic health records and health services interoperability and the different aspects representing its outlook in a framework that is useful for practitioners, researchers, and decision-makers.

Assistive Technologies and Computer Access for Motor Disabilities
Assistive Technologies and Computer Access for Motor Disabilities

Author: Kouroupetroglou, Georgios

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2013-08-31

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 1466644397

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Individuals with disabilities that impede their range of motion often have difficulty accessing technologies. With the use of computer-based assistive technology; devices, tools, and services can be used to maintain and improve the functional capabilities of motor disabilities. Assistive Technologies and Computer Access for Motor Disabilities investigates solutions to the difficulties of impaired technology access by highlighting the principles, methods, and advanced technological solutions for those with motor impairments. This reference source is beneficial to academia, industry, and various professionals in disciplines such as rehabilitation science, occupational therapy, human-computer interface development, ergonomics, and teaching in inclusive and special education. This publication is integrated with its pair book Disability Informatics and Web Accessibility for Motor Limitations.

Assistive Technology Research, Practice, and Theory
Assistive Technology Research, Practice, and Theory

Author: DaCosta, Boaventura

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2014-01-31

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1466650168

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"This book presents cutting-edge research in the field of assistive technologies, including both theoretical frameworks and empirical research to benefit individuals with motor and cognitive disabilities"--Provided by publisher.

Marginal Space Learning for Medical Image Analysis
Marginal Space Learning for Medical Image Analysis

Author: Yefeng Zheng

Publisher: Springer Science & Business

Published: 2014-04-16

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1493906003

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Automatic detection and segmentation of anatomical structures in medical images are prerequisites to subsequent image measurements and disease quantification, and therefore have multiple clinical applications. This book presents an efficient object detection and segmentation framework, called Marginal Space Learning, which runs at a sub-second speed on a current desktop computer, faster than the state-of-the-art. Trained with a sufficient number of data sets, Marginal Space Learning is also robust under imaging artifacts, noise and anatomical variations. The book showcases 35 clinical applications of Marginal Space Learning and its extensions to detecting and segmenting various anatomical structures, such as the heart, liver, lymph nodes and prostate in major medical imaging modalities (CT, MRI, X-Ray and Ultrasound), demonstrating its efficiency and robustness.

Applied Biological Engineering
Applied Biological Engineering

Author: Ganesh R. Naik

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2012-03-23

Total Pages: 678

ISBN-13: 9535104128

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Biological engineering is a field of engineering in which the emphasis is on life and life-sustaining systems. Biological engineering is an emerging discipline that encompasses engineering theory and practice connected to and derived from the science of biology. The most important trend in biological engineering is the dynamic range of scales at which biotechnology is now able to integrate with biological processes. An explosion in micro/nanoscale technology is allowing the manufacture of nanoparticles for drug delivery into cells, miniaturized implantable microsensors for medical diagnostics, and micro-engineered robots for on-board tissue repairs. This book aims to provide an updated overview of the recent developments in biological engineering from diverse aspects and various applications in clinical and experimental research.

Disability Informatics and Web Accessibility for Motor Limitations
Disability Informatics and Web Accessibility for Motor Limitations

Author: Kouroupetroglou, Georgios

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2013-08-31

Total Pages: 443

ISBN-13: 1466644435

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As technology becomes an increasingly vital aspect of modern social interaction, the field of disability informatics and web accessibility has made significant progress in consolidating theoretical approaches and exploring new application domains for those with motor and cognitive disabilities. Disability Informatics and Web Accessibility for Motor Limitations explores the principles, methods, and advanced technological solutions in the use of assistive technologies to enable users with motor limitations. This book is essential for academia, industry, and various professionals in fields such as web application designers, rehabilitation scientists, ergonomists, and teachers in inclusive and special education. This publication is integrated with its pair book Assistive Technologies and Computer Access for Motor Disabilities.

Analytics in Healthcare: An Introduction
Analytics in Healthcare: An Introduction

Author: Raymond A. Gensinger, Jr., MD, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, Editor

Publisher: HIMSS

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 1938904656

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Analytics in healthcare: An introduction product details : 1) It gives clear insights about healthcare analytics. 2) This is helpful for both student and staff. 3) Includes data governance and DELTA analytics maturity model. 4) Quick and manageable to read.

XII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2010
XII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2010

Author: Nicolas Pallikarakis

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-05-28

Total Pages: 1070

ISBN-13: 3642130399

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Over the past three decades, the exploding number of new technologies and applications introduced in medical practice, often powered by advances in biosignal processing and biomedical imaging, created an amazing account of new possibilities for diagnosis and therapy, but also raised major questions of appropriateness and safety. The accelerated development in this field, alongside with the promotion of electronic health care solutions, is often on the basis of an uncontrolled diffusion and use of medical technology. The emergence and use of medical devices is multiplied rapidly and today there exist more than one million different products available on the world market. Despite the fact that the rising cost of health care, partly resulting from the new emerging technological applications, forms the most serious and urgent problem for many governments today, another important concern is that of patient safety and user protection, issues that should never be compromised and expelled from the Biomedical Engineering research practice agenda.