Neural networks in healthcare: potential and challenges

Healthcare costs around the globe are on the rise, creating a strong need for new ways of assisting the requirements of the healthcare system. Besides applications in other areas, neural networks have naturally found many promising applications in the health and medicine areas. This book presents in...

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Other Authors: Begg, Rezaul (Contributor), Kamruzzaman, Joarder (Contributor), Sarkar, Ruhul (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA) c2006
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Online Access:DE-898
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Summary:Healthcare costs around the globe are on the rise, creating a strong need for new ways of assisting the requirements of the healthcare system. Besides applications in other areas, neural networks have naturally found many promising applications in the health and medicine areas. This book presents interesting and innovative developments from leading experts and scientists working in health, biomedicine, biomedical engineering, and computing areas. It covers many applications in the areas of medicine and healthcare, including: cardiology, electromyography, electroencephalography, gait and human movement, therapeutic drug monitoring for patient care, sleep apnea, and computational fluid dynamics areas
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 12, 2010)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (electronic texts (xii, 332 p. ill.)) digital files
DOI:10.4018/978-1-59140-848-2

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