Biomedical Information Technology - David D. Feng







Introduction

We have all witnessed the revolutionary changes in recent years

brought about by the development of information technology.

These changes have been key to modernizing many disciplines

and industries, and biomedicine is no exception. The importance

of biomedical information technology has been widely

recognized and its application has expanded beyond the

boundary of health services, leading to the discovery of new

knowledge in life sciences and medicine. In the meantime, life

sciences and medicine are becoming an important driving

force for the further development of information technology

and related disciplines. Many emerging areas have recently

been developed, including health informatics, bioinformatics,

imaging informatics (or even medical imaging informatics; see

Chapter 13 of this book), medical biometrics, systems physiology,

systems biology, and biocybernetics. This book aims to

provide readers with a comprehensive and up-to-date overall

picture of information technology in biomedicine.



This book is divided into two major parts: technological

fundamentals and integrated clinical applications. The technological

fundamentals cover key medical imaging systems: Electronic

Medical Record (EMR) standards and systems; image

data compression; content-based medical image retrieval;

modeling and simulation; techniques for parametric imaging;

data processing and analysis; image registration and fusion;

visualization and display; data communication and transmission;

security and protection for medical image data; and

biological computing. The integrated clinical applications

include picture archiving and communication systems (PACS)

and medical imaging informatics (MII) for filmless hospitals;

a knowledge-based digital library for retrieving scenariospecific

medical text documents; integrated multimedia

patient record systems; computer-aided diagnosis (CAD); clinical

decision support systems (CDSS); medical robotics and

computer-integrated interventional medicine; functional techniques

for brain magnetic resonance imaging; molecular

imaging in biology and pharmacology; the evolution of e-health

systems; and smart medical home. Most of the chapters include

over 100 references and comprehensively summarize the most

recent cutting-edge research in these areas.







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