Download or read book Advancements in Bio Medical Image Processing and Authentication in Telemedicine written by Khan, Rijwan and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-02-20 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As technology continues to develop, the healthcare industry must adapt and implement new technologies and services. Recent advancements, opportunities, and challenges for bio-medical image processing and authentication in telemedicine must be considered to ensure patients receive the best possible care. Advancements in Bio-Medical Image Processing and Authentication in Telemedicine introduces recent advancements, opportunities, and challenges for bio-medical image processing and authentication in telemedicine and discusses the design of high-accuracy decision support systems. Covering key topics such as artificial intelligence, medical imaging, telemedicine, and technology, this premier reference source is ideal for medical professionals, nurses, policymakers, researchers, scholars, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.

Download or read book Biomedical Signal and Image Processing in Patient Care written by Kolekar, Maheshkumar H. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2017-08-11 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In healthcare systems, medical devices help physicians and specialists in diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutics. As research shows, validation of medical devices is significantly optimized by accurate signal processing. Biomedical Signal and Image Processing in Patient Care is a pivotal reference source for progressive research on the latest development of applications and tools for healthcare systems. Featuring extensive coverage on a broad range of topics and perspectives such as telemedicine, human machine interfaces, and multimodal data fusion, this publication is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, students, and practitioners seeking current scholarly research on real-life technological inventions.

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Download or read book Research Anthology on Bioinformatics Genomics and Computational Biology written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-03-19 with total page 1509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the evolving environment of bioinformatics, genomics, and computational biology, academic scholars are facing a challenging challenge – keeping informed about the latest research trends and findings. With unprecedented advancements in sequencing technologies, computational algorithms, and machine learning, these fields have become indispensable tools for drug discovery, disease research, genome sequencing, and more. As scholars strive to decode the language of DNA, predict protein structures, and navigate the complexities of biological data analysis, the need for a comprehensive and up-to-date resource becomes paramount. The Research Anthology on Bioinformatics, Genomics, and Computational Biology is a collection of a carefully curated selection of chapters that serves as the solution to the pressing challenge of keeping pace with the dynamic advancements in these critical disciplines. This anthology is designed to address the informational gap by providing scholars with a consolidated and authoritative source that sheds light on critical issues, innovative theories, and transformative developments in the field. It acts as a single reference point, offering insights into conceptual, methodological, technical, and managerial issues while also providing a glimpse into emerging trends and future opportunities.

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Download or read book AI and IoT Based Technologies for Precision Medicine written by Khang, Alex and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-10-18 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the post-COVID-19 healthcare landscape, the demand for smart healthcare solutions and precision medicine systems has grown significantly. To address these challenges, the book AI and IoT-Based Technologies for Precision Medicine provides a comprehensive resource for doctors, researchers, engineers, and students. By leveraging AI and IoT technologies, the book equips healthcare professionals with advanced tools and methodologies for predictive disease analysis, informed decision-making, and other aspects of precision medicine. This resource bridges the gap between theory and practice, exploring concepts like machine learning, deep learning, computer vision, AI-integrated applications, IoT-based technologies, healthcare data analytics, and biotechnology applications. Through this, the book empowers healthcare practitioners to pioneer innovative solutions that enhance efficiency, accuracy, and security in medical practices. AI and IoT-Based Technologies for Precision Medicine not only offer insights into the potential of AI-powered applications and IoT-equipped techniques in smart healthcare but also foster collaboration among healthcare scholars and professionals. This authoritative guide encourages knowledge sharing and collaboration to harness the transformative potential of AI and IoT, leading to revolutionary advancements in medical practices and healthcare services. With this book as a guide, readers can navigate the evolving landscape of high-tech medicine, taking confident steps toward a cutting-edge and precise medical ecosystem.

Download or read book Emerging Technologies in Biomedical Engineering and Sustainable TeleMedicine written by Jihad Alja’am and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the most recent research and applications in Biomedical Engineering, electronic health and TeleMedicine. Top-scholars and research leaders in the field contributed to the book. It covers a broad range of applications including smart platforms like DietHub which connects patients with doctors online. The book highlights the advantages of Telemedicine to improve the healthcare services and how it can contribute to the homogenization of medicine without any geographical barriers. Telemedicine transforms local hospitals, with limited services, into a node of an integrated network. In this manner, these nodes start to play an important role in preventive medicine and in high-level management of chronic diseases. The authors also discuss the challenges related to “health informatics” and in “e-health management”. The topics of the book include: synchronous and asynchronous telemedicine with deep discussions on e-health applications, virtual medical assistance, real-time virtual visits, digital telepathology, home health monitoring, and medication adherence, wearable sensors, tele-monitoring hubs and sensors, Internet of Things, augmented and virtual reality as well as e-learning technologies. The scope of the book is quite unique particularly in terms of the application domains that it targets. It is a unique hub for the dissemination of state of the art research in the telemedicine field and healthcare ecosystems. The book is a reference for graduate students, doctors, and researchers to discover the most recent findings, and hence, it achieves breakthroughs and pushes the boundaries in the related fields.

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Download or read book Image and Signal Processing for Networked E health Applications written by Ilias G. Maglogiannis and published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation E-Health applications facilitate the exchange of information between clinicians or between institutions, reducing costs, extending the scope and reach of medical facilities, enhancing the quality of service offered on- and off-site, and provides new means of medical supervision and preemptive medicine. Currently, the integration of medical networking and medical information systems is treated as an obvious need; standalone medical networking environments are no longer a reality and the term "telemedicine" is in practice used interchangeably with e-Health. This book provides an overview of the field of Networked e-health applications and telemedicine and its supporting technologies. Chapters focus on signals, signal processing, electroencephalogram (EEG) and the Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG), medical imaging, as well as a look at medical signal processing and classification from the point of view of urgent medical support, where not every possible type of medical equipment is readily available. Also covered is the encoding for transmission of medical data. Compression is of central importance, as is loss of information and ways to minimize it. The final section of the book addresses the design, implementation, and operation of e-Health systems.

Download or read book Telemedicine The Computer Transformation of Healthcare written by Tanupriya Choudhury and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-24 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of the innovative concepts, methodologies and frameworks that will increase the feasibility of the existing telemedicine system. With the arrival of advanced technologies, telehealth has become a new subject, requiring a different understanding of IT devices and of their use, to fulfill health needs. Different topics are discussed - from the basics of TeleMedicine, to help readers understand the technology from ground up, to details about the infrastructure and communication technologies to offer deeper insights into the technology. The use of IoT and cloud services along with the use of blockchain technology in TeleMedicine are also discussed. Detailed information about the use of machine learning and computer vision techniques for the proper transmission of medical data - keeping in mind the bandwidth of the network - are provided. The book will be a readily accessible source of information for professionals working in the area of information technology as well as for the all those involved in the healthcare environment.

Download or read book M Health written by Robert Istepanian and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-01-04 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: M-health can be defined as the ‘emerging mobile communications and network technologies for healthcare systems.' This book paves the path toward understanding the future of m-health technologies and services and also introducing the impact of mobility on existing e-health and commercial telemedical systems. M-Health: Emerging Mobile Health Systems presents a new and forward-looking source of information that explores the present and future trends in the applications of current and emerging wireless communication and network technologies for different healthcare scenaria. It also provides a discovery path on the synergies between the 2.5G and 3G systems and other relevant computing and information technologies and how they prescribe the way for the next generation of m-health services. The book contains 47 chapters, arranged in five thematic sections: Introduction to Mobile M-health Systems, Smart Mobile Applications for Health Professionals, Signal, Image, and Video Compression for M-health Applications, Emergency Health Care Systems and Services, Echography Systems and Services, and Remote and Home Monitoring. This book is intended for all those working in the field of information technologies in biomedicine, as well as for people working in future applications of wireless communications and wireless telemedical systems. It provides different levels of material to researchers, computing engineers, and medical practitioners interested in emerging e-health systems. This book will be a useful reference for all the readers in this important and growing field of research, and will contribute to the roadmap of future m-health systems and improve the development of effective healthcare delivery systems.

Download or read book Advances in Telemedicine for Health Monitoring written by Tarik A. Rashid and published by Institution of Engineering and Technology. This book was released on 2020-07-08 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in telemedicine technologies have offered clinicians greater levels of real-time guidance and technical assistance for diagnoses, monitoring, operations or interventions from colleagues based in remote locations. The topic includes the use of videoconferencing, mentorship during surgical procedures, or machine-to-machine communication to process data from one location by programmes running in another. This edited book presents a variety of technologies with applications in telemedicine, originating from the fields of biomedical sensors, wireless sensor networking, computer-aided diagnosis methods, signal and image processing and analysis, automation and control, virtual and augmented reality, multivariate analysis, and data acquisition devices. The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), surgical robots, telemonitoring, and teleoperation systems are also explored, as well as the associated security and privacy concerns in this field. Topics covered include critical factors in the development, implementation and evaluation of telemedicine; surgical tele-mentoring; technologies in medical information processing; recent advances of signal/image processing techniques in healthcare; a real-time ECG processing platform for telemedicine applications; data mining in telemedicine; social work and tele-mental health services for rural and remote communities; applying telemedicine to social work practice and education; advanced telemedicine systems for remote healthcare monitoring; the impact of tone-mapping operators and viewing devices on visual quality of experience of colour and grey-scale HDR images; modelling the relationships between changes in EEG features and subjective quality of HDR images; IoMT and healthcare delivery in chronic diseases; and transform domain robust watermarking method using Riesz wavelet transform for medical data security and privacy.

Download or read book Biomedical Image Analysis and Machine Learning Technologies Applications and Techniques written by Gonzalez, Fabio A. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2009-12-31 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medical images are at the base of many routine clinical decisions and their influence continues to increase in many fields of medicine. Since the last decade, computers have become an invaluable tool for supporting medical image acquisition, processing, organization and analysis. Biomedical Image Analysis and Machine Learning Technologies: Applications and Techniques provides a panorama of the current boundary between biomedical complexity coming from the medical image context and the multiple techniques which have been used for solving many of these problems. This innovative publication serves as a leading industry reference as well as a source of creative ideas for applications of medical issues.