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Handbook of research on informatics in healthcare and biomedicine
Title:
Handbook of research on informatics in healthcare and biomedicine
Author:
Lazakidou, Athina A., 1975-
ISBN:
9781591409830
Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2006.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (1 v. (various pagings) : ill.) : digital files.
Contents:
Electronic Health Records / Olga Galani and Ageliki Nikiforou -- Security in Health Information Systems / Christina Ilioudi and Athina A. Lazakidou -- Development of a Health Information System in a Post-Communist Country / Ranko Stevanovic ... [et al.] -- Computerized Systems Validation in the Pharmaceutical Industry / Kashif Hussain, Shazia Yasin Mughal, and Sylvie Leleu-Merviel -- Chronic Disease Registers in Primary Healthcare / M. F. Harris ... [et al.] -- Standardization in Health and Medical Informatics / Josipa Kern -- Basic Principles and Benefits of Various Classification Systems in Health / Dimitra Petroudi and Athanasios Zekios -- Virtual Reality in Medicine / Theodoros N. Arvanitis -- Modelling and Simulation of Biological Systems / George I. Mihalas -- Virtual Reality Simulation in Human Applied Kinetics and Ergo Physiology / Bill Ag. Drougas -- Care2x in Medical Informatics Education / Andreas Holzinger, Harald Burgsteiner, and Helfrid Maresch -- An Object-Oriented Approach to Manage E-Learning Content Using Learning Objects / Andreas Holzinger, Josef Smolle, and Gilbert Reibnegger -- Motivating Healthcare Students in Using ICTs / Bosjan Zvanut -- The User Agent Architecture and E-Learning in Healthcare and Social Care / Konstantinos M. Siassiakos, Stefanos E. Papastefanatos, and Athina A. Lazakidou -- E-Learning in Healthcare and Social Care / Maria Kalogeropoulou, Maria Bastaki, and Polyxeni Magoulia --

Potential Benefits and Challenges of Computer-Based Learning in Health / Athina A. Lazakidou, Christina Ilioudi, and Andriani Daskalaki -- Brain Mapping in Functional Neurosurgery / George Zouridakis, Javier Diaz, and Farhan Baluch -- ECG Diagnosis Using Decision Support Systems / Themis P. Exarchos ... [et al.] -- Information Processing in Clinical Decision Making / Vitali Sintchenko -- Data Mining Techniques and Medical Decision Making for Urological Dysfunction / N. Sriraam, V. Natasha, and H. Kaur -- Spline Fitting / Michael Wodny -- Parameter Estimation / Karl-Ernst Biebler -- The Method of Least Squares / Bernd Jaeger -- The Data-Information-Knowledge Model / Andrew Georgiou -- Goals and Benefits of Knowledge Management in Healthcare / Odysseas Hirakis and Spyros Karakounos -- Knowledge Management in Medicine / Nikolaos Giannakakis and Efstratios Poravas -- Knowledge Management in Telemedicine / Jayanth G. Paraki -- Use of Telemedicine Systems and Devices for Patient Monitoring / Dionisia Damigou, Fotini Kalogirou, and Georgios Zarras -- Current Telehealth Applications in Telemedicine / Georgios Economopoulos -- Mobile Telemonitoring Insights / Pantelis Angelidis -- Telepathology and Digital Pathology / Vincenzo Della Mea -- Collaborative Environments for the Health Monitoring of Chronically Ill Children / G. Ganiatsas, K. Starida, and Dimitrios I. Fotiadis -- Electronic Submission of New Drugs in Europe / A. Susanne Esslinger and Daniela Marschall --

Semantic Web Services for Healthcare / Christina Catley, Monique Frize, and Dorina Petriu -- Imaging Technologies and their Applications in Biomedicine and Bioengineering / Nikolaos Giannakakis and Efstratios Poravas -- Medical Image Compression Using Integer Wavelet Transforms / B. Ramakrishnan and N. Sriraam -- Three Dimensional Medical Images / Efstratios Poravas, Nikolaos Giannakakis, and Dimitra Petroudi -- Imaging the Human Brain with Magnetoencephalography / Dimitrios Pantazis and Richard M. Leahy -- Region of Interest Coding in Medical Images / Sharath T. Chandrashekar and Gomata L. Varanasi -- Imaging the Human Brain with Functional CT Imaging / Sotirios Bisdas and Tong San Koh -- Nonlinear Signal Processing Techniques Applied to EEG Measurements / Christos L. Papadelis ... [et al.] -- Medical and Biomedical Devices for Clinical Use / Evangelos K. Doumouchtsis -- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Biomedicine / Athanasios Zekios and Dimitra Petroudi -- Comparative Genomics and Structure Prediction in Dental Research / Andriani Daskalak and Jorge Numata -- Genomic Databanks for Biomedical Informatics / Andrea Maffezzoli and Marco Masseroli -- Basic Principles and Applications of Microarrays in Medicine / Andriani Daskalaki and Athina A. Lazakidou -- System Patterns of the Human Organism and their Heredity / Manfred Doepp and Gabriele Edelmann -- Evaluation Methods for Biomedical Technology / Maria Sevdali --

Ergonomic User Interface Design in Computerized Medical Equipment / D. John Doyle -- Safety Issues in Computerized Medical Equipment / D. John Doyle -- Alarm Design in Computerized Medical Equipment / D. John Doyle -- Organizational Factors in Health Informatics / Michelle Brear -- Measurement of Cost and Economic Efficiency in Healthcare / Panagiotis Danilakis and Pericles Robolas -- Understanding Telemedicine with Innovative Systems / Irene Berikou and Athina A. Lazakidou -- A Capacity Building Approach to Health Literacy through ICTs / Lyn Simpson ... [et al.].
Abstract:
This handbook is the single authoritative reference source for information on the newest trends and breakthroughs in computer applications applied to healthcare and biomedicine. Innovative technologies in health information systems, medicine, health services, and other areas in biomedicine are explored. The comprehensive chapters contained in this handbook of research have been written by 99 international experts from the field of healthcare and IT. More than 900 references to existing publications and a wide-ranging compendium of over 450 key terms and definitions have been included to provide readers with the ultimate research tool.
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