Overview
- Discusses comprehensively the range of technologies for diagnosing and assessing Parkinson’s disease patients
- Describes the latest studies providing insights into the changes to the neural system in Parkinson’s disease
- Identifies significant research gaps and highlights opportunities for impactful research in this field
Part of the book series: Series in BioEngineering (SERBIOENG)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book describes the range of technologies that have been developed for diagnosing and assessing Parkinson’s disease patients. Also presenting the latest studies providing insights into the changes to the neural system in Parkinson’s disease, it is a valuable resource for neurologists, general practitioners and nurses. Further, the book highlights areas that require more research, and as such will appeal to researchers, biomedical engineers and clinicians.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Sridhar P. Arjunan is currently a Research Assistant Professor at the Center for Human Movement Research and Analysis , Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electronics and Biomedical Engineering from RMIT University, Australia, in 2009, and was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Biosignals Lab at RMIT University. Dr. Arjunan is a recipient of a SPARC-MHRD Project (2019-21), SERB (2018-21), CASS Australian Early Career Researcher grant (2010), RMIT SECE Research Scholarship (2006–2008) and German State Research Scholarship (2006) and he has published over 100 research articles in various journals and conferences. His major research interests include biomedical signal processing, rehabilitation studies, fractal theory, human movement and human–computer interface applications.
Dinesh Kant Kumar holds a B.Tech. from IIT Madras and Ph.D. from IIT Delhi, and is currently a Professor at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He has published over 400 papers, authored 5 books and is on a range of Australian and international biomedical engineering committees. His passion is for affordable diagnostics and making a difference for his students. His work has been cited over 5600 times, and he has also had multiple successes with technology translation.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Techniques for Assessment of Parkinsonism for Diagnosis and Rehabilitation
Editors: Sridhar P. Arjunan, Dinesh Kant Kumar
Series Title: Series in BioEngineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3056-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-3055-2Published: 03 August 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-3058-3Published: 04 August 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-3056-9Published: 02 August 2021
Series ISSN: 2196-8861
Series E-ISSN: 2196-887X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 167
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour