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HITRUST launches health IT security program
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The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) has established a common security framework program to develop criteria and provide consistency in how information security products and services are evaluated.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - September 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
8th National Medical Banking Institute Call For PapersEmail this article to a colleague.
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The 8th National Medical Banking Institute is an exciting cross-industry educational forum for the banking and healthcare communities. At the Institute, we explore how banks are improving healthcare by reducing costs and increasing access and the quality of healthcare.
The International Journal of Medical Banking (http://www.mbproject.org/journal) is intended to educate commerce, government and academia about medical banking principles and technologies.
Source: GNU/Linux And Open Source Medical Software News - September 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Survey of Spanish docs onlineEmail this article to a colleague.
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A third of Spanish doctors say that patient's looking up details of their condition online can complicate their relationship with patients and even undermine their credibility.
Source: E-Health Europe News - September 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Increased spending to drive healthcare IT job marketEmail this article to a colleague.
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Federal stimulus funding is driving electronic medical record implementations, and state and local governments are increasing their health IT budgets, according to recent reports.
Those drivers will make healthcare IT workers highly attractive in this down economy, but the big unanswered question is: What is the right expertise required to get physician offices up and running?
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Patty Enrado Tags: Online Only Industry News Oregon William Hersh Source Type: news
GE seeks licensed spectrum for wireless patient sensorsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Federal Communications Commission will consider allocating licensed spectrum for MBANs, or Medical Body Area Networks, that will allow wireless monitoring of hospital patients.
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - September 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
HIMSS announces 2009 Davies Public Health AwardsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has announced two recipients of the 2009 HIMSS Davies Public Health Award of Excellence.
The winners are the Boston Syndromic Surveillance System (B-SYNSS), part of the Boston Public Health Commission's Infectious Disease Bureau; and Denver Public Health's Denver Public Health Information Service (DPH-IS).
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only Arthur Davidson Atlanta Boston Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Chicago Denver Industry News Infectious Disease Bureau Source Type: news
AHRQ surveys physician practices on e-prescribingEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality plans to survey physician practices and pharmacies to collect statistics on the percentage that have implemented functional e-prescribing systems.
With the data collected from the survey, AHRQ officials say they will identify catalysts and hindrances in the adoption of these IT systems.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Kyle Hardy Tags: Online Only e-prescribing Industry News Kyle Hardy Physician Practices & Ambulatory Care Source Type: news
Wisconsin clinic to go live with EMR by year's endEmail this article to a colleague.
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Bridge Community Health Clinic in Wausau, Wis., plans to automate both the clinical and business sides of its clinic with practice management technology rolled out in July and an electronic medical records system slated to go live by the end of the year.
Clinic executives tapped Alpharetta, Ga.-based HealthPort to provide the new software, including HealthPort Revenue Cycle Management, which is also scheduled to go live by year's end.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Alpharetta Community Health Clinic Georgia HealthPort Revenue Cycle Management Pauline Putman Wausau Physician Practices & Ambulatory Care Vendors Source Type: news
AHIMA Foundation awarded $1.2 million HIE grantEmail this article to a colleague.
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The American Health Information Management Association Foundation has landed a one-year, $1.2 million grant from the Office of the National Coordinator to continue the State-level Health Information Exchange (SL-HIE) Consensus Project.
The project calls for the foundation – the philanthropic and charitable arm of AHIMA – to assist states with nationwide health information exchange adoption, planning and implementation.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Chicago Industry News Mary Madison Source Type: news
Orion Health, Cisco join forces on public health reporting platformEmail this article to a colleague.
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With school back in session and flu season not far behind, Orion Health and Cisco are teaming up to help public health agencies and healthcare providers keep any flu outbreaks in check.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Eric Wicklund Tags: Online Only Atlanta Cisco Industry News Orion Health Physician Practices & Ambulatory Care Vendors Source Type: news
Bupa carries out SWIFT migrationEmail this article to a colleague.
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UK health insurer, Bupa, has completed a large scale migration of data as part of the consolidation of legacy applications onto SWIFT, its new unified administrative platform.
Source: E-Health-Insider - September 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Onmark Launches Integrated Quality Program Focused on Metastatic Cancer & Myeloma Bone TherapyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Program to Measure Adherence to Bisphosphonate Treatment Guidelines
Source: McKesson News - September 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: organizations
Bupa carries out SWIFT migrationEmail this article to a colleague.
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UK health insurer, Bupa, has completed a large scale migration of data as part of the consolidation of legacy applications onto SWIFT, its new unified administrative platform.
Source: E-Health Europe News - September 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
St Jude connects to implantable devicesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Implantable medical device specialist St Jude Medical has launched Merlin.net, a secure, Internet-based remote care system for patients with implanted medical devices in Europe.
Source: E-Health Europe News - September 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Piedmont implements Carestream PACS/RISEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Maggiore della CaritÀ Hospital in Novara, Piedmont, Italy, has begun implementation of a RIS/PACS solution from Carestream Health.
Source: E-Health Europe News - September 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
The European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2010 - Call for AbstractsEmail this article to a colleague.
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March 4-8 2010, Vienna, Austria.
The European Congress of Radiology (ECR) is the annual meeting of the European Society of Radiology (ESR). It is a trend-setting, dynamic and service-oriented congress, well-known as one of the most innovative meetings within the scientific community, embedded in a unique and inspiring ambience.
Source: eHealth News EU - September 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: News - Conferences News Source Type: info
TeraMedica, Logicalis align for image management/EHR solutionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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TeraMedica Healthcare Technology is partnering with Logicalis to provide image management solutions to healthcare providers that are making the move to EHRs.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - September 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
The Critical Care Connection: Eastern Maine Med's "Virtual ICU"Email this article to a colleague.
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During our visit to Davies Award-winning Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine, we met with Mary McCarthy, Head Nurse of the Critical Care Connection, which provides remote bedside assistance via audio and video links. Need QuickTime? Download it here.
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - September 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jeff Marion,Chip Means Tags: BANGOR Eastern Maine Medical Center Mary McCarthy Source Type: info
Health Information Trust Alliance to create security certification productEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Health Information Trust Alliance announced Monday that it will begin work on what it says will be the first IT security certification product specifically for healthcare information.
HITRUST leaders said representatives from security assurance, information security and healthcare communities will help develop the new Common Security Framework (CSF) to help healthcare organizations evaluate and select information security products and services.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only Frisco HITRUST Industry News Source Type: news
Study: Medical home model increases quality of care, reduces costEmail this article to a colleague.
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A study done by the Group Health Cooperative has demonstrated that a new care model coupled with the use of health information technology could serve as a solution to the nation’s primary care physician shortage.
The study results show that a “patient-centered medical home” model has many benefits to both patients and medical staff. This model gives patients more one-on-one time with the physician, improves caregiver cooperation, and provides more preventative care.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Kyle Hardy Tags: Online Only Kyle Hardy Robert J. Reid Seattle Source Type: news
Open-source company gets $12M EHR boostEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Medsphere Systems Corp., which sells electronic health record systems based on the open-source technology first built by the Department of Veterans Affairs, has secured $12 million in financing to expand its development efforts.
Hospitals are adopting Medsphere's OpenVista electronic health record solution to improve clinical care and qualify for federal stimulus funding via an accelerated implementation and adoption process, MedSphere executives said Monday when they announced the new financing.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Carlsbad Department of Veterans Affairs electronic health record Irv Lichtenwald Medsphere Systems Corp. The Medsphere Systems Corp. Vendors Source Type: news
StatCom launches its Hospital Operating SystemEmail this article to a colleague.
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Hospitals don’t always know where their patients are – a situation that can prove costly in both financial and clinical terms. With that in mind, StatCom has launched a technology platform designed to give providers a complete view of the patient from admission to discharge.
The Hospital Operating System, unveiled Monday by the Atlanta-based subsidiary of Jackson Healthcare, “is the missing gear that will keep everything in the hospital running smoothly,” said Bob Schlotman, the company’s vice president of marketing.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Eric Wicklund Tags: Online Only Atlanta Bob Schlotman Jackson Healthcare operating system Hospitals & IDNs Vendors Source Type: news
ONC awards AHIMA $1.2M grant for HIE projectEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has awarded the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Foundation a one-year, $1.2 million grant to continue the state-level health information exchange (SL-HIE) consensus project to assist states with nationwide HIE adoption, planning and implementation.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - September 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Dashboards available from OctoberEmail this article to a colleague.
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The roll out of clinical intelligence systems - or clinical dashboards - could be partly supported by central funding.
Source: E-Health-Insider - September 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
AHA endorses Extension smart cardEmail this article to a colleague.
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The American Hospital Association (AHA), through its subsidiary AHA Solutions, has endorsed Extension’s HealthID, a secure smart card that holds individual patient data for use by hospitals.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - September 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Minnesota provider reports cost savings with EMR/images integrationEmail this article to a colleague.
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HealthPartners of St. Paul, Minn., said it has achieved cost savings by integrating its digital medical images and radiology reports into patients' EMRs.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - September 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
CMS issues fact sheet for ICD-10 conversionEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a fact sheet detailing changes between existing ICD-9 code sets and the ICD-10 Clinical Modification/Procedure Coding System, which must be implemented by Oct. 1, 2013.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - September 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
ICNet secures Irish contractEmail this article to a colleague.
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ICNet International has won a contract from the Irish Health Executive to install its healthcare associated infection surveillance and case management software at three hospitals.
Source: E-Health Europe News - September 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Ovid Partners With CIG Media and A & C BlackEmail this article to a colleague.
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Ovid has announced new licensing agreements with Cancer Information Group (CIG) Media and A & C Black.
Source: EContent RSS Feeds : Research Center: Sci-Tech/Medical - September 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: info
Elderly persons’ perception and acceptance of using wireless sensor networks to assist healthcareEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions: Our findings indicate that participants’ attitudes towards the idea of wireless sensor networks for health monitoring are generally positive. The exploratory findings along with the literature suggest a number of relationships which can be used in future survey design and model building.
Source: International Journal of Medical Informatics - September 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Robert Steele, Amanda Lo, Chris Secombe, Yuk Kuen Wong Tags: Regular Papers Source Type: journals
Electronic medicine, without borders?Email this article to a colleague.
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European and Mediterranean specialists working on the ITHANET project have increased coordination of their efforts and pooled their knowledge using e-Infrastructures, like different communication tools, databases, grids and web portals. This type of knowledge sharing is fertile ground for enriching the Internet, but still remains one of the least explored and developed functions.
Source: eHealth News EU - August 31, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: News - Research News Source Type: info
Comparing clinician knowledge and online information regarding Alli (Orlistat)Email this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions: Forum answers were comparable to clinicians’ answers with respect to accuracy and completeness, but answers from both sources were unsatisfactory.
Source: International Journal of Medical Informatics - August 31, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Stuart Nelson, Kevin O. Hwang, Elmer V. Bernstam Source Type: journals
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Source: Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on - new TOC - August 31, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: journals
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Source: Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on - new TOC - August 31, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: journals
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Source: Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on - new TOC - August 31, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: journals
Guest Editorial Introduction to the Special Section on Computational Intelligence in Medical SystemsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The six papers in this special section focus on the most recent applications of computational intelligent systems in medicine. Some papers accepted for this issue (10 in total) were published earlier by mistake.
Source: Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on - new TOC - August 31, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: journals
Development of a Wireless Sensor Glove for Surgical Skills AssessmentEmail this article to a colleague.
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Laparoscopic surgery is a challenging task in minimally invasive surgery, which involves complex instrument control, extensive manual dexterity, and hand-eye coordination. This requires a greater attention to training and skills evaluation. In order to provide a more objective skills assessment method, this paper presents a wireless sensor platform for the capture of laparoscopic hand gesture data and a hidden-Markov-model-based analysis framework for optimal sensor selection and placement. Detailed experimental validation is provided to illustrate how the proposed method can be used to assess surgical performance improvem...
Source: Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on - new TOC - August 31, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: journals
Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Thyroid Malignancy Using an Artificial Immune System Classification AlgorithmEmail this article to a colleague.
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The diagnosis of thyroid malignancy by fine needle aspiration (FNA) examination has been proven to show wide variations of sensitivity and specificity. This paper proposes the utilization of a computer-aided diagnosis system based on a supervised classification algorithm from the artificial immune systems to assist the task of thyroid malignancy diagnosis. The core of the proposed algorithm is the so-called BoxCells, which are defined as parallelepipeds in the feature space. Properly defined operators act on the BoxCells in order to convert them into individual, elementary classifiers. The proposed algorithm is applied on ...
Source: Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on - new TOC - August 31, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: journals
Computational Intelligence in Gait Research: A Perspective on Current Applications and Future ChallengesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Our mobility is an important daily requirement so much so that any disruption to it severely degrades our perceived quality of life. Studies in gait and human movement sciences, therefore, play a significant role in maintaining the well-being of our mobility. Current gait analysis involves numerous interdependent gait parameters that are difficult to adequately interpret due to the large volume of recorded data and lengthy assessment times in gait laboratories. A proposed solution to these problems is computational intelligence (CI), which is an emerging paradigm in biomedical engineering most notably in pathology detectio...
Source: Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on - new TOC - August 31, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: journals
Epileptic Seizure Detection in EEGs Using Time–Frequency AnalysisEmail this article to a colleague.
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The detection of recorded epileptic seizure activity in EEG segments is crucial for the localization and classification of epileptic seizures. However, since seizure evolution is typically a dynamic and nonstationary process and the signals are composed of multiple frequencies, visual and conventional frequency-based methods have limited application. In this paper, we demonstrate the suitability of the time-frequency ( t-f) analysis to classify EEG segments for epileptic seizures, and we compare several methods for t- f analysis of EEGs. Short-time Fourier transform and several t-f distributions are used to calculate the p...
Source: Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on - new TOC - August 31, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: journals
Feature-Based Fusion of Medical Imaging DataEmail this article to a colleague.
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We describe the approach in detail and provide examples of how it has been used for different fusion tasks. We also propose a method for selecting which combination of modalities provides the greatest value in discriminating groups. Finally, we summarize and describe future research topics.
Source: Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on - new TOC - August 31, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: journals
Overview of Advanced Computer Vision Systems for Skin Lesions CharacterizationEmail this article to a colleague.
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During the last years, computer-vision-based diagnosis systems have been used in several hospitals and dermatology clinics, aiming mostly at the early detection of skin cancer, and more specifically, the recognition of malignant melanoma tumour. In this paper, we review the state of the art in such systems by first presenting the installation, the visual features used for skin lesion classification, and the methods for defining them. Then, we describe how to extract these features through digital image processing methods, i.e., segmentation, border detection, and color and texture processing, and we present the most promin...
Source: Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on - new TOC - August 31, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: journals
An Overview of Potential Factors for Effective Telemedicine Transfer to Sub-Saharan AfricaEmail this article to a colleague.
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This paper gives an overview of core factors mitigating effective transfer of TeleMedicine to Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) as a capability for improving the extremely poor state of healthcare delivery systems in that region of the world. Using specific examples of TeleMedicine applications, such as in TeleRadiology and health education, the paper highlights the importance of TeleMedicine in SSA. It then presents the salient factors that influence TeleMedicine technology transfer in the form of a conceptual framework. In explaining the framework, the paper offers opinions and supportive arguments on the importance and significa...
Source: Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on - new TOC - August 31, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: journals
High Speed Biological Sequence Analysis With Hidden Markov Models on Reconfigurable PlatformsEmail this article to a colleague.
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We describe how this technique leads to significant runtime savings for HMM database scanning on a standard off-the-shelf field-programmable gate array (FPGA).
Source: Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on - new TOC - August 31, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: journals
Detection of Tandem Repeats in DNA Sequences Based on Parametric Spectral EstimationEmail this article to a colleague.
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Tandem repeats, which occur frequently in genomes, are related to gene regulatory functions and various diseases. In this paper, an efficient algorithm for tandem repeat detection is proposed. In our method, the spectrogram of a DNA sequence is analyzed based on the autoregressive model. Then, significant peaks in the spectrogram are selected, and the corresponding regions in the DNA sequence are analyzed to search for tandem repeats. Experiment results show that our method has a superior performance in comparison with other algorithms.
Source: Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on - new TOC - August 31, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: journals
Evaluating Statistical Tests on OLAP Cubes to Compare Degree of DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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We present experiments showing important medical findings and evaluating scalability with medical datasets.
Source: Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on - new TOC - August 31, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: journals
A Novel Finite-Element-Based Algorithm for Fluorescence Molecular Tomography of Heterogeneous MediaEmail this article to a colleague.
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In this study, a novel finite-element-based algorithm for FMT of heterogeneous media is proposed. In the algorithm, optical properties are reconstructed using the conjugate gradient method. A modified method based on reverse differential scheme is deduced for calculating the gradient when the detector points are not restricted on boundary nodes. With the recovered optical properties, linear relationship between known surface measurements of emission light and unknown fluorescence yield is then obtained. FMT reconstruction is implemented by combining algebraic reconstruction technique (ART) and Landweber iteration method. W...
Source: Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on - new TOC - August 31, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: journals
A Data-Mining Approach for Investigating Social and Economic Geographical Dynamics of $beta$-Thalassemia's SpreadEmail this article to a colleague.
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This study analyzed beta-thalassemia's socioeconomic geography and how it affects the afflicted population. We processed survey data and performed data mining using self-organizing maps to identify underlying data structure. We hypothesized that certain variables mark subgroups within the affected population and we aimed at identifying these subgroups and used a correlation-based measure to assess the variable's importance to the subgroup's distinction. The population's education level was one of the major factors that divided it into different subgroups. Our study showed that recurring patterns of specific variables separ...
Source: Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on - new TOC - August 31, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: journals
A Framework for Detecting Glaucomatous Progression in the Optic Nerve Head of an Eye Using Proper Orthogonal DecompositionEmail this article to a colleague.
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Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide. Often, the optic nerve head (ONH) glaucomatous damage and ONH changes occur prior to visual field loss and are observable in vivo. Thus, digital image analysis is a promising choice for detecting the onset and/or progression of glaucoma. In this paper, we present a new framework for detecting glaucomatous changes in the ONH of an eye using the method of proper orthogonal decomposition (POD). A baseline topograph subspace was constructed for each eye to describe the structure of the ONH of the eye at a reference/baseline condition using POD. Any glaucomatous chang...
Source: Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on - new TOC - August 31, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: journals
Predicting the Outcome of Patients With Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Using Machine Learning TechniquesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Background: Outcome prediction for subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) helps guide care and compare global management strategies. Logistic regression models for outcome prediction may be cumbersome to apply in clinical practice. Objective: To use machine learning techniques to build a model of outcome prediction that makes the knowledge discovered from the data explicit and communicable to domain experts. Material and methods: A derivation cohort (n = 441) of nonselected SAH cases was analyzed using different classification algorithms to generate decision trees and decision rules. Algorithm used were C4.5, fast decision tree lea...
Source: Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on - new TOC - August 31, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: journals
