Neural networks in healthcare potential and challenges /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Begg, Rezaul., Kamruzzaman, Joarder., Sarkar, Ruhul.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2006.
• Subjects: Neural networks (Computer science); Medicine > Research > Data processing.; Medical informatics.; Neural Networks (Computer); Medical Informatics Applications.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: electronic texts (xii, 332 p. : ill.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781591408505 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

Healthcare costs around the globe are on the rise, creating a strong need for new ways of assisting the requirements of the healthcare system. Besides applications in other areas, neural networks have naturally found many promising applications in the health and medicine areas. This book presents interesting and innovative developments from leading experts and scientists working in health, biomedicine, biomedical engineering, and computing areas. It covers many applications in the areas of medicine and healthcare, including: cardiology, electromyography, electroencephalography, gait and human movement, therapeutic drug monitoring for patient care, sleep apnea, and computational fluid dynamics areas.