Editors:
- Discusses how recent innovations, knowledge exchange, and enterprise can be applied to medicine, surgery, healthcare, and the issues of an aging population
- Presents the proceedings of the fifth International Conference on Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare 2017 held on June 21–23, 2017 in Vilamoura, Portugal
- Addresses the central theme of smart medical and healthcare systems, featuring the ways in which modern intelligent systems contribute to solving problems faced by healthcare and medical practitioners today
- Interesting for researchers, students, engineers, and professionals working in the fields of medical systems, medical technology, and intelligent systems
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies (SIST, volume 71)
Conference series link(s): InMed: International Conference on Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare
Conference proceedings info: KES-InMed 2018 2017.
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Table of contents (31 papers)
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Biomedical Engineering, Trends, Research and Technologies
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Machine Learning and Labelling for Biomedical Visual Data Analysis and Understanding
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Advanced ICT for Medicine and Healthcare
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About this book
This volume focuses on smart medical and healthcare systems (modern intelligent systems for medicine and healthcare) and includes 31 papers presenting recent trends and innovations in medicine and healthcare, including biomedical engineering research and technologies; machine learning and labeling for biomedical visual data analysis and understanding; advanced ICT for medicine and healthcare; and healthcare support systems.
Innovation in medicine and healthcare is an interdisciplinary research area, which combines advanced technologies and problem-solving skills with medical and biological science, and smart medical and healthcare systems 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. Discussing the techniques developed in this area, which will have a significant effect on futuremedicine and healthcare, the book is a valuable resource for researchers, students, engineers, and professionals working in the fields of medical systems, medical technology, and intelligent systems.
Editors and Affiliations
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College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan
Yen-Wei Chen
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Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan
Satoshi Tanaka
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KES International, Bournemouth University, Poole, United Kingdom
Robert J. Howlett
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University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia
Lakhmi C. Jain
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare 2017
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 5th KES International Conference on Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare (KES-InMed 2017)
Editors: Yen-Wei Chen, Satoshi Tanaka, Robert J. Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain
Series Title: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59397-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59396-8Published: 21 May 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86616-1Published: 29 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59397-5Published: 19 May 2017
Series ISSN: 2190-3018
Series E-ISSN: 2190-3026
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 289
Number of Illustrations: 148 b/w illustrations
Topics: Computational Intelligence, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering