Computational Intelligence in Healthcare 4

by Bichindaritz, Isabelle; Vaidya, Sachin; Jain, Ashlesha; Jain, Lakhmi C.

• ISBN13: 9783642144639
• ISBN10: 3642144632
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-21
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book is a continuation of the volumes providing various perspectives on computational intelligence in healthcare [1-3].This book is aimed to provide a sample of the state of art in the practical applications of computational intelligence paradigms in healthcare. It includes nineteen chapters on using various computational intelligent paradigms in healthcare such as intelligent agents and case-based reasoning. A number of applications and case studies are presented.This book is targeted towards scientists, application engineers, professors, health professionals, professors and students.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Advances in Computational Intelligence in Healthcare	p. 3
Artificial Agents in Healthcare
Clinical Semantics	p. 11
Agent Technology and Healthcare: Possibilities, Challenges and Examples of Application	p. 25
Mobile Agents in Healthcare, a Distributed Intelligence Approach	p. 49
A Joint Bayesian Framework for MR Brain Scan Tissue and Structure Segmentation Based on Distributed Markovian Agents	p. 81
The i-Walker: An Intelligent Pedestrian Mobility Aid	p. 103
Case-Based Reasoning in Healthcare
Case-Based Reasoning in the Health Sciences: Foundations and Research Directions	p. 127
Intelligent Signal Analysis Using Case-Based Reasoning for Decision Support in Stress Management	p. 159
Case-Based Reasoning in a Travel Medicine Application	p. 191
Providing Case-Based Retrieval as a Decision Support Strategy in Time Dependent Medical Domains	p. 211
Meta-learning for Image Processing Based on Case-Based Reasoning	p. 229
Explaining Medical Model Exceptions	p. 265
Computational Intelligence Techniques for Classification in Microarray Analysis	p. 289
Sample Applications and Case Studies
The Evolution of Healthcare Applications in the Web 2.0 Era	p. 315
Intelligent Adaptive Monitoring for Cardiac Surveillance	p. 329
Computational Intelligence in Cognitive Healthcare Information Systems	p. 347
An Advanced Probabilistic Framework for Assisting Screening Mammogram Interpretation	p. 371
Pattern Classification Techniques for Lung Cancer Diagnosis by an Electronic Nose	p. 397
A Portable Wireless Solution for Back Pain Telemonitoring: A 3D-Based, Virtual Reality Approach	p. 425
Author Index	p. 463
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