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Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare 2016

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Yen-Wei Chen

    1. College of Info Science & Eg, Ritsumeikan University College of Info Science & Eg, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan

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  2. Satoshi Tanaka

    1. Dept of Media Technology, Ritsumeikan University Dept of Media Technology, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan

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  3. Robert J. Howlett

    1. KES International , Shoreham-by-sea, United Kingdom

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  4. Lakhmi C. Jain

    1. University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia

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  • Presents how recent innovation, knowledge exchange and enterprise can be applied to issues relating to medicine, surgery, healthcare and the issues of an ageing population
  • Proceedings of the third International Conference Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare 2016 held on 15-17 June 2016 in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain
  • A central theme is Smart Medical and Healthcare Systems which featuring the ways in which modern intelligent systems contribute to the solution of problems faced by healthcare and medical practitioners today
  • Interesting for researchers, students, engineers, and professionals working in the medical systems, medical technology and intelligent systems fields
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies (SIST, volume 60)

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Table of contents (33 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Innovative Technology in Mental Healthcare

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Non-lineal EEG Modelling by Using Quadratic Entropy for Arousal Level Classification

      • Arturo Martínez-Rodrigo, Raúl Alcaraz, Beatriz García-Martínez, Roberto Zangróniz, Antonio Fernández-Caballero
      Pages 3-13

    3. Emotional Induction Through Films: A Model for the Regulation of Emotions

      • Luz Fernández-Aguilar, José Miguel Latorre, Laura Ros, Juan Pedro Serrano, Jorge Ricarte, Arturo Martínez-Rodrigo et al.
      Pages 15-23

    4. Application of the Lognormal Model to the Vocal Tract Movement to Detect Neurological Diseases in Voice

      • Cristina Carmona-Duarte, Réjean Plamondon, Pedro Gómez-Vilda, Miguel A. Ferrer, Jesús B. Alonso, Ana Rita M. Londral
      Pages 25-35

    5. Exploring and Comparing Machine Learning Approaches for Predicting Mood Over Time

      • Ward van Breda, Johnno Pastor, Mark Hoogendoorn, Jeroen Ruwaard, Joost Asselbergs, Heleen Riper
      Pages 37-47

    6. Cross-Cultural Telepsychiatry: An Innovative Approach to Assess and Treat Ethnic Minorities with Limited Language Proficiency

      • Davor Mucic
      Pages 49-58

  3. Biomedical Engineering, Trends, Research and Technologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. A Comparison of Performance of Sleep Spindle Classification Methods Using Wavelets

      • Elena Hernandez-Pereira, Isaac Fernandez-Varela, Vicente Moret-Bonillo
      Pages 61-70

    3. Evaluation of Head-Mounted Displays for Macular Degeneration: A Pilot Study

      • Howard Moshtael, Lanxing Fu, Ian Underwood, Baljean Dhillon
      Pages 71-81

    4. Method of Infrared Thermography for Earlier Diagnostics of Gastric Colorectal and Cervical Cancer

      • B. Dekel, A. Zilberman, N. Blaunstein, Y. Cohen, M. B. Sergeev, L. L. Varlamova et al.
      Pages 83-92

    5. Tijuana’s Sustainability for Healthcare Measurement Using Fuzzy Systems

      • Bogart Yail Márquez, Arnulfo Alamis, Jose Sergio Magdaleno-Palencia, Karina Romo, Felma González, Sergio Mendez-Mota
      Pages 93-98

    6. Intelligent System for Learning of Comfort Preferences to Help People with Mobility Limitations

      • Sandra López, Rosario Baltazar, Lenin Lemus Zuñiga, Miguel Ángel Casillas, Arnulfo Alanis, Miguel A. Mateo Pla et al.
      Pages 99-109

    7. Design of a Middleware and Optimization Algorithms for Light Comfort in an Intelligent Environment

      • Teresa Barrón Llamas, Rosario Baltazar, Miguel A Casillas, Lenin Lemus, Arnulfo Alanis, Víctor Zamudio
      Pages 111-122

    8. Autism Disorder Neurological Treatment Support Through the Use of Information Technology

      • Esperanza Manrique Rojas, Margarita Ramírez Ramirez, Hilda Beatriz Ramírez Moreno, Maricela Sevilla Caro, Arnulfo Alanís Garza, José Sergio Magdaleno Palencia
      Pages 123-128

    9. Information Technologies in the Area of Health and Use of Mobile Technologies in the Area of Health in Tijuana, Baja California

      • Margarita Ramírez Ramírez, Esperanza Manrique Rojas, Nora del Carmen Osuna Millán, María del Consuelo Salgado Soto, José Sergio Magdaleno Palencia, Bogart Yail Márquez Lobato
      Pages 129-134

  4. Advances in Data and Knowledge Management for Healthcare

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. Automatic Quantification of the Extracellular Matrix Degradation Produced by Tumor Cells

      • Nadia Brancati, Giuseppe De Pietro, Maria Frucci, Chiara Amoruso, Daniela Corda, Alessia Varone
      Pages 137-145

    3. Quantitative EEG and Virtual Reality to Support Post-stroke Rehabilitation at Home

      • Alfonso Mastropietro, Sara Arlati, Simona Mrakic-Sposta, Luca Fontana, Cristina Franchin, Matteo Malosio et al.
      Pages 147-157

    4. Towards a Sustainable Solution for Collaborative Healthcare Research

      • Nikos Karacapilidis, George Potamias
      Pages 159-170
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About this book

This proceedings volume includes 32 papers, which present recent trends and innovations in medicine and healthcare including Innovative Technology in Mental Healthcare; Intelligent Decision Support Technologies and Systems in Healthcare; Biomedical Engineering, Trends, Research and Technologies; Advances in Data & Knowledge Management for Healthcare; Advanced ICT for Medical and Healthcare; Healthcare Support System; and Smart Medical and Healthcare System. Innovation in medicine and healthcare is an interdisciplinary research area, which combines the advanced technologies and problem solving skills with medical and biological science. A central theme of this proceedings is Smart Medical and Healthcare Systems (modern intelligent systems for medicine and healthcare), which can provide efficient and accurate solution to problems faced by healthcare and medical practitioners today by using advanced information communication techniques, computational intelligence, mathematics, robotics and other advanced technologies.

 

Editors and Affiliations

  • College of Info Science & Eg, Ritsumeikan University College of Info Science & Eg, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan

    Yen-Wei Chen

  • Dept of Media Technology, Ritsumeikan University Dept of Media Technology, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan

    Satoshi Tanaka

  • KES International , Shoreham-by-sea, United Kingdom

    Robert J. Howlett

  • University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia

    Lakhmi C. Jain

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare 2016

  • Editors: Yen-Wei Chen, Satoshi Tanaka, Robert J. Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain

  • Series Title: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39687-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-39686-6Published: 04 June 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81941-9Published: 30 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-39687-3Published: 13 June 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2190-3018

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-3026

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 347

  • Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations, 97 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Computational Intelligence, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

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