Technological Advancements in Biomedicine for Healthcare Applications

by Wu, Jinglong

Author	: Wu, Jinglong
Publisher	: IGI Global
Total Pages	: 509
Release	: 2012-10-31
Genre	: Technology & Engineering
ISBN	: 1466621974

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Technology continues to play a major role in all aspects of society, particularly healthcare. Advancements such as biomedical image processing, technology in rehabilitation, and biomedical robotics for healthcare have aided in significant strides in the biomedical engineering research field. Technological Advancements in Biomedicine for Healthcare Applications presents an overview of biomedical technologies and its relationship with healthcare applications. This reference source is essential for researchers and practitioners aiming to learn more about biomedical engineering and its related fields.

Web-Based Applications in Healthcare and Biomedicine

by Athina A. Lazakidou

Author	: Athina A. Lazakidou
Publisher	: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages	: 276
Release	: 2009-12-18
Genre	: Medical
ISBN	: 1441912746

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Web-based applications provide the power of desktop and server applications with the exibility and accessibility of the web. Using web browsers, users can securely access applications from anywhere within the reach of the company intranet or extranet. The special issue strives to explore the advanced web-based information systems and database applications in healthcare area. Healthcare organizations are undergoing major reorganizations and adjustments to meet the increasing demands of improved healthcare access and quality, as well as lowered costs. As the use of information technology to process medical data increases, much of the critical information necessary to meet these challenges is being stored in digital format. Web-enabled information technologies can provide the means for greater access and more effective integration of healthcare information from disparate computer applications and other information resources. This book presents studies from leading researchers and practitioners focusing on the current challenges, directions, trends, and opportunities associated with heal- care organizations and their strategic use of web-enabled technologies. Managing healthcare information systems with web-enabled technologies is an excellent ve- cle for understanding current and potential uses of Internet technology in the broad areas of healthcare and medical applications.

Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century

by National Research Council

Author	: National Research Council
Publisher	: National Academies Press
Total Pages	: 217
Release	: 2007-10-05
Genre	: Nature
ISBN	: 0309109922

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Advances in molecular biology and toxicology are paving the way for major improvements in the evaluation of the hazards posed by the large number of chemicals found at low levels in the environment. The National Research Council was asked by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to review the state of the science and create a far-reaching vision for the future of toxicity testing. The book finds that developing, improving, and validating new laboratory tools based on recent scientific advances could significantly improve our ability to understand the hazards and risks posed by chemicals. This new knowledge would lead to much more informed environmental regulations and dramatically reduce the need for animal testing because the new tests would be based on human cells and cell components. Substantial scientific efforts and resources will be required to leverage these new technologies to realize the vision, but the result will be a more efficient, informative and less costly system for assessing the hazards posed by industrial chemicals and pesticides.

Healthcare and Biomedical Technology in the 21st Century

by George R. Baran

Author	: George R. Baran
Publisher	: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages	: 515
Release	: 2013-10-05
Genre	: Technology & Engineering
ISBN	: 146148541X

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Healthcare and Biotechnology in the 21st Century: Concepts and Case Studies introduces students not pursuing degrees in science or engineering to the remarkable new applications of technology now available to physicians and their patients and discusses how these technologies are evolving to permit new treatments and procedures. The book also elucidates the societal and ethical impacts of advances in medical technology, such as extending life and end of life decisions, the role of genetic testing, confidentiality, costs of health care delivery, scrutiny of scientific claims, and provides background on the engineering approach in healthcare and the scientific method as a guiding principle. This concise, highly relevant text enables faculty to offer a substantive course for students from non-scientific backgrounds that will empower them to make more informed decisions about their healthcare by significantly enhancing their understanding of these technological advancements.

Biomedical Information Technology

by David Dagan Feng

Author	: David Dagan Feng
Publisher	: Academic Press
Total Pages	: 822
Release	: 2019-10-22
Genre	: Science
ISBN	: 0128160357

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Biomedical Information Technology, Second Edition, contains practical, integrated clinical applications for disease detection, diagnosis, surgery, therapy and biomedical knowledge discovery, including the latest advances in the field, such as biomedical sensors, machine intelligence, artificial intelligence, deep learning in medical imaging, neural networks, natural language processing, large-scale histopathological image analysis, virtual, augmented and mixed reality, neural interfaces, and data analytics and behavioral informatics in modern medicine. The enormous growth in the field of biotechnology necessitates the utilization of information technology for the management, flow and organization of data. All biomedical professionals can benefit from a greater understanding of how data can be efficiently managed and utilized through data compression, modeling, processing, registration, visualization, communication and large-scale biological computing. - Presents the world's most recognized authorities who give their "best practices" - Provides professionals with the most up-to-date and mission critical tools to evaluate the latest advances in the field - Gives new staff the technological fundamentals and updates experienced professionals with the latest practical integrated clinical applications

Advancing Medical Practice Through Technology

by Joel Rodrigues

Author	: Joel Rodrigues
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 0
Release	: 2014
Genre	: Bioengineering
ISBN	: 9781466646193

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"This book focuses on the latest medical practices through the utilization of technologies and innovative concepts"--

Biomedical Informatics

by Edward H. Shortliffe

Author	: Edward H. Shortliffe
Publisher	: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages	: 970
Release	: 2013-12-02
Genre	: Medical
ISBN	: 1447144740

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The practice of modern medicine and biomedical research requires sophisticated information technologies with which to manage patient information, plan diagnostic procedures, interpret laboratory results, and carry out investigations. Biomedical Informatics provides both a conceptual framework and a practical inspiration for this swiftly emerging scientific discipline at the intersection of computer science, decision science, information science, cognitive science, and biomedicine. Now revised and in its third edition, this text meets the growing demand by practitioners, researchers, and students for a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the field. Authored by leaders in medical informatics and extensively tested in their courses, the chapters in this volume constitute an effective textbook for students of medical informatics and its areas of application. The book is also a useful reference work for individual readers needing to understand the role that computers can play in the provision of clinical services and the pursuit of biological questions. The volume is organized so as first to explain basic concepts and then to illustrate them with specific systems and technologies.

Sources of Medical Technology

by Committee on Technological Innovation in Medicine

Author	: Committee on Technological Innovation in Medicine
Publisher	: National Academies Press
Total Pages	: 255
Release	: 1995-01-15
Genre	: Medical
ISBN	: 0309587611

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Evidence suggests that medical innovation is becoming increasingly dependent on interdisciplinary research and on the crossing of institutional boundaries. This volume focuses on the conditions governing the supply of new medical technologies and suggest that the boundaries between disciplines, institutions, and the private and public sectors have been redrawn and reshaped. Individual essays explore the nature, organization, and management of interdisciplinary R&D in medicine; the introduction into clinical practice of the laser, endoscopic innovations, cochlear implantation, cardiovascular imaging technologies, and synthetic insulin; the division of innovating labor in biotechnology; the government- industry-university interface; perspectives on industrial R&D management; and the growing intertwining of the public and proprietary in medical technology.

Computational Technology for Effective Health Care

by National Research Council

Author	: National Research Council
Publisher	: National Academies Press
Total Pages	: 121
Release	: 2009-02-24
Genre	: Computers
ISBN	: 0309155843

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Despite a strong commitment to delivering quality health care, persistent problems involving medical errors and ineffective treatment continue to plague the industry. Many of these problems are the consequence of poor information and technology (IT) capabilities, and most importantly, the lack cognitive IT support. Clinicians spend a great deal of time sifting through large amounts of raw data, when, ideally, IT systems would place raw data into context with current medical knowledge to provide clinicians with computer models that depict the health status of the patient. Computational Technology for Effective Health Care advocates re-balancing the portfolio of investments in health care IT to place a greater emphasis on providing cognitive support for health care providers, patients, and family caregivers; observing proven principles for success in designing and implementing IT; and accelerating research related to health care in the computer and social sciences and in health/biomedical informatics. Health care professionals, patient safety advocates, as well as IT specialists and engineers, will find this book a useful tool in preparation for crossing the health care IT chasm.