Handbook of research on trends in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic conditions /

"This book features current research on the diagnosis, monitoring, management, and treatment of recurring diseases such as diabetes, Parkinson's disease, autoimmune disorders, and others. This handbook is intended for practitioners and researchers across various disciplines including, but...

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Corporate Authors: IGI Global
Group Author: Fotiadis, Dimitrios Ioannou (Editor)
Published: IGI Global,
Publisher Address: Hershey, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2016]
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-4666-8828-5
Summary: "This book features current research on the diagnosis, monitoring, management, and treatment of recurring diseases such as diabetes, Parkinson's disease, autoimmune disorders, and others. This handbook is intended for practitioners and researchers across various disciplines including, but not limited to, biology, biomedical engineering, computer science, and information and communication technologies"--Provided by publisher.
Carrier Form: PDFs (659 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781466688292
Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
Index Number: RC108
CLC: R442.9
Contents: New diagnostic and monitoring method for osteoporosis / Sofia Panteliou -- Alzheimer's electroencephalogram event scalp and source localization / Pedro Miguel Rodrigues, Jo ao Paulo Teixeira, Diamantino R. S. Freitas -- Towards medical systems to aid the detection and treatment of chronic diseases / Alvaro Alvares de Carvalho C esar Sobrinho [and 5 others] -- Advanced approaches to diagnose and treat the chronic autoimmune disorders: multimodal molecular imaging / Tomasz So tysinski -- HPV detection methods: towards personalized prevention / Aris Spathis [and 4 others] -- Automated categorisation of nailfold capillaroscopy images / Niraj Doshi, Gerald Schaefer -- Computer-aided analysis of nailfold capillaroscopy images / Niraj Doshi, Gerald Schaefer -- Analysis of 3D corpus callosum images in the brains of autistic individuals / Ahmed Elnakib [and 4 others] -- Trends of ECG analysis and diagnosis / Swanirbhar Majumder, Saurabh Pal -- Isocenter verification in radiotherapy clinical practice using virtual simulation: an image registration approach / George K. Matsopoulos [and 4 others] -- A review of automated methodologies for the detection of epileptic episodes using long-term EEG signals / Kostas M. Tsiouris [and 5 others] -- What's memory all about?: the importance of memory in Alzheimer's patients / An ibal Caixinha, Isabel Machado Alexandre -- Computer predictive model for plaque formation and progression in the artery / Nenad Filipovic [and 8 others] -- Contemporary heart failure treatment based on improved knowledge and personalized care of comorbidities / Kostas Giokas [and 5 others] --
Proliferation and nonlinear dynamics of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia revisited / George I. Lambrou -- Clinical practice ontology automatic learning from SOAP reports / David Mendes, Irene Pimenta Rodrigues, Carlos Fernandes Baeta -- Health guidance provision infrastructure for personalized diabetes management: the HealthDiab solution / Kostas Giokas [and 3 others] -- Home care systems for the management of patients with mental disorders: the "ALADDIN" experience / Maria Haritou, Dimitris Koutsouris -- Definition of a pervasive architecture for a central monitoring of homecare systems / Giovani Rubert Librelotto [and 4 others] -- Assessment of chronic health care through an internet consensus tool / Josep Ma. Monguet [and 5 others] -- Assistive technologies and computers: how to find a perfect match to help people with disabilities / Thais Pousada [and 4 others] -- Personal health systems for diabetes management, early diagnosis and prevention / Konstantia Zarkogianni, Konstantina S. Nikita -- Trends and new advances on wearable and mobile technologies for Parkinson's disease monitoring and assessment of motor symptoms: how new technologies can support Parkinson's disease / Jorge Cancela, Matteo Pastorino, Maria Teresa Arredondo Waldmeyer -- mHealth environments for chronic disease management / Eleni I. Georga, Athanasios N. Papadopoulos, Dimitrios I. Fotiadis -- Integrated system for continuous monitoring of COPD / Kostas Giokas [and 3 others].