Advanced Computational Intelligence Techniques for Virtual Reality in Healthcare


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This book addresses the difficult task of integrating computational techniques with virtual reality and healthcare. It discusses the use of virtual reality in various areas, such as healthcare, cognitive and behavioural training, understanding mathematical graphs, human–computer interaction, fluid dynamics in healthcare industries, accurate real-time simulation, and healthcare diagnostics. Presenting the computational techniques for virtual reality in healthcare, it is a valuable reference resource for professionals at educational institutes as well as researchers, scientists, engineers and practitioners in industry.




Healthcare Analytics and Advanced Computational Intelligence


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This book aims to apply state-of-the-art advanced computational intelligence frameworks in healthcare. It presents recent and real-life applications of computationally intelligent healthcare. It also discusses problems and solutions to remote healthcare and emergency healthcare services. Healthcare Analytics and Advanced Computational Intelligence highlights modern ambient intelligence-enabled healthcare models along with advanced topics like quantum computing in healthcare and cryptomedical systems. Healthcare Analytics and Advanced Computational Intelligence examines designing the latest medical systems and models that will allow the societal acceptance of ambiance computing in healthcare, medical imaging, health analytics, machine intelligence, sensory computing, medical data analytics, disease detection, telemedicine, and their applications. It includes diverse case studies dealing with various clinical-based applications. These intelligent models are primarily structured to deal with complex real-world issues in clinical data analytics, by means of state-of-the-art techniques with general implementation, domain-specific solutions, or hybrid methods which integrate computational intelligence with conventional statistical methods. The book is written for researchers and academicians in diverse areas. Engineers from technical disciplines such as computer engineering are likely to purchase the book. Various sub-streams such as machine learning, big data analytics, healthcare analytics, and computational intelligence will find the book significant for their curriculum.




Advanced Computational Intelligence Paradigms in Healthcare 6


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This volume presents the latest research in Virtual Reality (VR), as it is being applied in psychotherapy, rehabilitation, and the analysis of behaviour for neurological assessment. This book will be of value to anyone already in the field and to those who are interested in the development of VR systems for therapeutic purposes. The contents include: · The latest literature reviews on VR in psychotherapy, psychological wellbeing, and rehabilitation · VR and cognitive behavior therapy · Increasing presence in VR for effective exposure therapy and treatment of anxiety disorders · VR military training for managing combat stress and preventing post traumatic stress · VR, mixed reality systems, and games for stroke rehabilitation · VR systems for improving vision in children with amblyopia · Therapeutic play in virtual environments · Healing potential of online virtual worlds such as Second Life · Neuropsychological assessment using virtual environments · Detailed accounts on how VR systems are designed, implemented, and best evaluated · Discussions of limitations, problems, and ethical concerns using VR in mental and physical therapy




Advanced Computational Intelligence Paradigms in Healthcare 5


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This book is a continuation of the previous volumes of our series on Advanced Computational Intelligence Paradigms in Healthcare. The recent advances in computational intelligence paradigms have highlighted the need of intelligent systems in healthcare. This volume provides the reader a glimpse of the current state of the art in intelligent support system design in the field of healthcare. The book reports a sample of recent advances in: • Clinical Decision Support Systems • Rehabilitation Decision Support Systems • Technology Acceptance in Medical Decision Support Systems The book is directed to the researchers, professors, practitioner and students interested to design and develop intelligent decision support systems.




Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Healthcare


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Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have transformed many standard and conventional methods in undertaking health and well-being issues of humans. AL/ML-based systems and tools play a critical role in this digital and big data era to address a variety of medical and healthcare problems, improving treatments and quality of care for patients. This edition on AI and ML for healthcare consists of two volumes. The first presents selected AI and ML studies on medical imaging and healthcare data analytics, while the second unveils emerging methodologies and trends in AI and ML for delivering better medical treatments and healthcare services in the future. In this first volume, progresses in AI and ML technologies for medical image, video, and signal processing as well as health information and data analytics are presented. These selected studies offer readers theoretical and practical knowledge and ideas pertaining to recent advances in AI and ML for effective and efficient image and data analytics, leading to state-of-the-art AI and ML technologies for advancing the healthcare sector.




Artificial intelligence, Big data, blockchain and 5G for the digital transformation of the healthcare industry


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?Artificial intelligence, Big data, Blockchain and 5G for Digital Transformation of Healthcare Industry provides insights on the successes and failures in the field of IT and digital health during the pandemic and analyzes the lessons from these cases. The social and economic recovery after the pandemic requires urgent solutions for citizens, companies and economies around the world. From research centers, labs, hospitals and academia, researchers and academics are working collaboratively to explore new views and frameworks to develop solutions for emergent problems. Artificial intelligence, Big data, blockchain and 5G for digital transformation of healthcare industry includes cases highlighting the application of digital healthcare solutions from around the world. In 23 Chapters this book delivers a collection of relevant innovative research on digital healthcare, with a three mains goals: 1) study the successes and failures in the field of IT and digital health during the pandemic, and analyze the lessons from these cases; 2) discuss the latest advances in the field of digital healthcare, with a special focus on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Blockchain and 5G; and 3) discuss implications for main stakeholders (patients, doctors, IT experts, directors, policy managers. The global outbreak caused by covid-19 caused global disruption in societies, healthcare systems, and economies around the world. This book provides insight to Researchers, clinicians, CEOs and policy makers who need to learn from the failures and successes and exploit the potential of advanced information technologies to build stronger healthcare systems, better quality healthcare services, and more resilient societies. Delivers a collection of relevant innovative research on digital healthcare Discusses the latest advances in the field of digital healthcare, with a special focus on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Blockchain, and 5G Provides current lessons learned from the pandemic Includes case studies and experiences from around the world, including Asia, Europe, Gulf Region, Latin America, the United States, and more




Cases on Virtual Reality Modeling in Healthcare


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Virtual reality (VR) provides immersive stereoscopic visualization of virtual environments, and the visualization effect and computer graphics are critical to enhancing the engagement of participants and achieving optimal education and training effectiveness. Constructing realistic 3D models and scenarios for a specific application of VR simulation is no easy task. There are many different tools for 3D modeling. However, many of the modeling tools are used for manufacturing and product design applications and have advanced features and functions which may not be applicable to different levels of users and various specializations. Cases on Virtual Reality Modeling in Healthcare introduces the use of Blender for VR 3D modeling, demonstrates healthcare applications, and examines potential uses in modeling, dressing, and animation in healthcare. Covering a range of topics such as cross reality, rehabilitation games, and augmented reality, this book is ideal for engineers, industry professionals, practitioners, researchers, academicians, instructors, and students.




A Fusion of Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things for Emerging Cyber Systems


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This book aims at offering a unique collection of ideas and experiences mainly focusing on the main streams and merger of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) for a wide slice of the communication and networking community. In the era when the world is grappling with many unforeseen challenges, scientists and researchers are envisioning smart cyber systems that guarantee sustainable development for a better human life. The main contributors that destined to play a huge role in developing such systems, among others, are AI and IoT. While AI provides intelligence to machines and data by identifying patterns, developing predictions, and detecting anomalies, IoT performs as a nerve system by connecting a huge number of machines and capturing an enormous amount of data. AI-enabled IoT, therefore, redefines the way industries, businesses, and economies function with increased automation and efficiency and reduced human interaction and costs. This book is an attempt to publish innovative ideas, emerging trends, implementation experience, and use-cases pertaining to the merger of AI and IoT. The primary market of this book is centered around students, researchers, academicians, industrialists, entrepreneurs, and professionals working in electrical/computer engineering, IT, telecom/electronic engineering, and related fields. The secondary market of this book is related to individuals working in the fields such as finance, management, mathematics, physics, environment, mechatronics, and the automation industry.




Translational Bioinformatics in Healthcare and Medicine


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Translational Bioinformatics in Healthcare and Medicine offers an overview of main principles of bioinformatics, biological databases, clinical informatics, health informatics, viroinformatics and real-case applications of translational bioinformatics in healthcare. Written by experts from both technology and clinical sides, the content brings together essential knowledge to make the best of recent advancements of the field. The book discusses topics such as next generation sequence analysis, genomics in clinical care, IoT applications, blockchain technology, patient centered interoperability of EHR, health data mining, and translational bioinformatics methods for drug discovery and drug repurposing. In addition, it discusses the role of bioinformatics in cancer research and viroinformatics approaches to counter viral diseases through informatics. This is a valuable resource for bioinformaticians, clinicians, healthcare professionals, graduate students and several members of biomedical field who are interested in learning more about how bioinformatics can impact in their research and practice. - Covers recent advancements in translational bioinformatics and its healthcare applications - Discusses integrative and multidisciplinary approaches to U-healthcare systems development and management - Bridges the gap among various knowledge domains in the field, integrating both technological and clinical knowledge into practical content




Advanced Computational Intelligence in Healthcare-7


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This book presents state-of-the-art works and systematic reviews in the emerging field of computational intelligence (CI) in electronic health care. The respective chapters present surveys and practical examples of artificial intelligence applications in the areas of Human-Machine Interface (HMI) and affective computing, machine learning, big health data and visualization analytics, computer vision and medical image analysis. The book also addresses new and emerging topics in CI for health care such as the utilization of Social Media (SM) and the introduction of new intelligent paradigms in the security and privacy domains, which are critical for the health sector. The chapters, while of course not exhaustively addressing all the possible aspects of the aforementioned areas, are indicative of the dynamic nature of interdisciplinary research being pursued. Accordingly, the book is intended not only for researchers in the respective fields, but also for medical and administrative personnel working in the health sector, as well as managers and stakeholders responsible for making strategic decisions and defining public health policies.