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Healthcare and Big Data Management

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  • Introduces informatics methods that will be applied in the future health economy and research
  • Includes data analysis and application of imaging data
  • Standardization and privacy of personal data are also covered

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 1028)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
  2. How to Become a Smart Patient in the Era of Precision Medicine?

    • Yalan Chen, Lan Yang, Hai Hu, Jiajia Chen, Bairong Shen
    Pages 1-16
  3. Data Platform for the Research and Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease

    • Ning An, Liuqi Jin, Jiaoyun Yang, Yue Yin, Siyuan Jiang, Bo Jing et al.
    Pages 55-78
  4. Data Analysis for Gut Microbiota and Health

    • Xingpeng Jiang, Xiaohua Hu
    Pages 79-87
  5. LEMRG: Decision Rule Generation Algorithm for Mining MicroRNA Expression Data

    • Łukasz Piątek, Jerzy W. Grzymała-Busse
    Pages 105-137
  6. Privacy Challenges of Genomic Big Data

    • Hong Shen, Jian Ma
    Pages 139-148
  7. Systems Health: A Transition from Disease Management Toward Health Promotion

    • Li Shen, Benchen Ye, Huimin Sun, Yuxin Lin, Herman van Wietmarschen, Bairong Shen
    Pages 149-164

About this book

The book addresses the interplay of healthcare and big data management. Thanks to major advances in big data technologies and precision medicine, healthcare is now becoming the new frontier for both scientific research and economic development. This volume covers a range of aspects, including: big data management for healthcare; physiological and gut microbiota – data collection and analysis; big data standardization and ontology; and personal data privacy and systems level modeling in the healthcare context. The book offers a valuable resource for biomedical informaticians, clinicians, health practitioners and researchers alike.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Systems Biology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China

    Bairong Shen

About the editor

Dr. Bairong Shen is a Professor and Director of the Center for Systems Biology, Soochow University; he is also Director of Taicang Center for Translational Bioinformatics.

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eBook USD 99.00
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Softcover Book USD 129.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 179.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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