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Biophotonic diagnostics/biomedical spectroscopy can revolutionise
the medical environment by providing a responsive and objective
diagnostic environment. This book aims to explain the fundamentals
of the physical techniques used combined with the particular
requirements of analysing medical/clinical samples as a resource
for any interested party. In addition, it will show the potential
of this field for the future of medical science and act as a driver
for translation across many different biological
problems/questions.
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Computer-Assisted and Robotic Endoscopy
- Second International Workshop, CARE 2015, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2015, Munich, Germany, October 5, 2015, Revised Selected Papers
(Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)
Xiongbiao Luo, Tobias Reichl, Austin Reiter, Gian-Luca Mariottini
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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference
proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Computer
Assisted and Robotic Endoscopy, CARE 2015, held in conjunction with
MICCAI 2015, in Munich, Germany, in October 2015. The 15 revised
full papers were carefully selected out of 20 initial submissions
and focus on recent technical advances associated with computer
vision; graphics; robotics and medical imaging; external tracking
systems; medical device control systems; information processing
techniques; endoscopy; planning and simulation.
This book presents a thorough review of coronary angioscopy,
ranging from instructions on its use to the latest advances.
Starting with the structure and fundamental principles of
angioscopy, it shows readers how to apply the image to
comprehensive care of coronary-artery patients. Plentiful color
photos and illustrations will enable readers to investigate and
classify plaques and thrombi and to evaluate coronary stent- and
drug-based therapies. The authors are leading researchers on
angioscopy. This book offers the perfect guide not only for new
clinicians but also for cardiologists who have already adopted this
technique for medical examination and treatment. Angioscopy is a
unique medical technique for visualizing the interior of blood
vessels and helps physicians not only to diagnose the pathology but
also to measure the effectiveness of Percutaneous coronary
intervention (PCI) or antiarteriosclerotic drugs. Furthermore, the
recently developed molecular angioscopy approach allows us to
observe Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxide, collagen, and
macrophages, and is rapidly growing in importance.
In the diagnosis and treatment of movement disorders, the use of
neuroimaging has expanded widely and has been an exciting,
important modality for unlocking the causes of abnormal motor
control. With ever improving machinery, data collection techniques
and analysis methods, researchers are now being presented with an
exponentially increasing amount of data that they must wade through
and interpret in the context of existing knowledge about movement
disorders. In Neuroimaging in Movement Disorders, the editors have
produced a gold-standard resource that brings together an
impressive international group of authorities in their respective
fields to outline the current state of knowledge. Controversies,
such as conflicting findings and methodological limitations, are
covered and provide the reader with a comprehensive yet pragmatic
understanding of the state of science. The chapters offer both
comprehensive reviews of various neuroimaging methods and also more
in-depth summaries of the contributions made by neuroimaging in
individual movement disorders. Although many of the neuroimaging
methods that are discussed have not been routinely used in clinical
practice, the authors skillfully provide the reader with adequate
detail to understand the requirements for using these methods and
in some cases even the starting knowledge to begin local
implementation. Neuroimaging in Movement Disorders is an
indispensable reference that will be of value to all physicians and
researchers involved in the care of patients with movement
disorders.
In this book the authors describe their original research on the
potential of both standard and high-resolution
electroencephalography (EEG) for analyzing brain activity in
response to TV advertising. When engineering techniques,
neuroscience concepts and marketing stimuli converge in one
research field, known as neuromarketing, various theoretical and
practical aspects need to be considered. The book introduces and
discusses those aspects in detail, while showing several
experiments performed by the authors during their attempts to
measure both the cognitive activity and emotional involvement of
the test subjects. In these experiments, the authors apply
simultaneous EEG, galvanic skin response and heart rate monitoring,
and show how significant variations of these variables can be
associated with attention to, memorization or enjoyment of the
presented stimuli. In particular, this book shows the central role
of statistical analysis in recovering significant information on
the scalp and cortical areas involved, along with variations of
activity in the autonomous nervous system. From an economic and
marketing perspective, the aim of this work is to promote a better
understanding of how mass consumer advertising of (established)
brands affects brain systems. From a neuroscience perspective, the
broader goal is to provide a better understanding of both the
neural mechanisms underlying the impact of affect and cognition on
memory, and the neural correlates of choice and decision-making.
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This book examines non-invasive, electrical-based methods for
disease diagnosis and assessment of heart function. In particular,
a formalized signal model is proposed since this offers several
advantages over methods that rely on measured data alone. By using
a formalized representation, the parameters of the signal model can
be easily manipulated and/or modified, thus providing mechanisms
that allow researchers to reproduce and control such signals. In
addition, having such a formalized signal model makes it possible
to develop computer tools that can be used for manipulating and
understanding how signal changes result from various heart
conditions, as well as for generating input signals for
experimenting with and evaluating the performance of e.g. signal
extraction methods. The work focuses on bioelectrical information,
particularly electrical bio-impedance (EBI). Once the EBI has been
measured, the corresponding signals have to be modelled for
analysis. This requires a structured approach in order to move from
real measured data to the model of the corresponding signals. This
book proposes a generic framework for this procedure. It can be
used as a guide for modelling impedance cardiography (ICG) and
impedance respirography (IRG) signals, as well as for developing
the corresponding bio-impedance signal simulator (BISS).
This book presents novel and advanced topics in Medical Image
Processing and Computational Vision in order to solidify knowledge
in the related fields and define their key stakeholders. It
contains extended versions of selected papers presented in VipIMAGE
2013 - IV International ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on
Computational Vision and Medical Image, which took place in
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 14-16 October 2013. The twenty-two
chapters were written by invited experts of international
recognition and address important issues in medical image
processing and computational vision, including: 3D vision, 3D
visualization, colour quantisation, continuum mechanics, data
fusion, data mining, face recognition, GPU parallelisation, image
acquisition and reconstruction, image and video analysis, image
clustering, image registration, image restoring, image
segmentation, machine learning, modelling and simulation, object
detection, object recognition, object tracking, optical flow,
pattern recognition, pose estimation, and texture analysis.
Different applications are addressed and described throughout the
book, comprising: biomechanical studies, bio-structure modelling
and simulation, bone characterization, cell tracking,
computer-aided diagnosis, dental imaging, face recognition, hand
gestures detection and recognition, human motion analysis,
human-computer interaction, image and video understanding, image
processing, image segmentation, object and scene reconstruction,
object recognition and tracking, remote robot control, and surgery
planning. This volume is of use to researchers, students,
practitioners and manufacturers from several multidisciplinary
fields, such as artificial intelligence, bioengineering, biology,
biomechanics, computational mechanics, computational vision,
computer graphics, computer science, computer vision, human motion,
imagiology, machine learning, machine vision, mathematics, medical
image, medicine, pattern recognition, and physics.
This book presents a comprehensive, state-of the-art guide and
review of ultrasound applications for children and infants with
surgical problems. It is meant as a single source to provide
information about sonographic application, interpretation and
technique for a diversity of pediatric surgical care providers,
making it a useful tool for the ultrasound novice as well as the
more advanced ultrasonographer. Sections address initial obstacles
faced by a physician starting with ultrasound such as the scanning
techniques, underlying anatomy and normal sonographic findings. The
initial chapter provides an introduction and basic overview about
ultrasound theory and techniques. Subsequent chapters focus on
specific body parts and systems and their disease processes as it
pertains to pediatric and neonatal patients. The text also includes
a chapter on abdominal trauma and its evaluation with the FAST
(focused abdominal sonography for trauma) exam. Diagnostic and
Interventional Ultrasound in Pediatric Surgery serves as a useful
resource for a broad spectrum of pediatric care providers,
including a growing number of ultrasound users, surgeons and
pediatricians alike.
This volume provides a comprehensive review of resistance induced
by photodynamic therapy (PDT) in tumor cells. Understanding the
underlying mechanisms in this process leads to the improvement of
therapeutic modality, in combination with chemotherapy,
immunotherapy, and radiotherapy. Photodynamic therapy is a
minimally invasive therapeutic procedure that can exert a selective
or preferential cytotoxic activity toward malignant cells. The
procedure involves administration of an intrinsically non-toxic
photosensitizing agent (PS) followed by irradiation at a wavelength
corresponding to a visible absorption band of the sensitizer. In
the presence of oxygen, a series of events lead to direct tumor
cell death, damage to the microvasculature, and induction of a
local inflammatory reaction. Studies reveal that PDT can be
curative, particularly in early stage tumors and this volume
explores the potential of PDT, but also reveals strategic
approaches to overcome resistance in tumor cells.
The textbook begins with exercises related to radioactive sources
and decay schemes. The problems covered include series decay and
how to determine the frequency and energy of emitted particles in
disintegrations. The next chapter deals with the interaction of
ionizing radiation, including the treatment of photons and charged
particles. The main focus is on applications based on the knowledge
of interaction, to be used in subsequent work and courses. The
textbook then examines detectors and measurements, including both
counting statistics and properties of pulse detectors. The chapter
that follows is dedicated to dosimetry, which is a major subject in
medical radiation physics. It covers theoretical applications, such
as different equilibrium situations and cavity theories, as well as
experimental dosimetry, including ionization chambers and solid
state and liquid dosimeters. A shorter chapter deals with
radiobiology, where different cell survival models are considered.
The last chapter concerns radiation protection and health physics.
Both radioecology and radiation shielding calculations are covered.
The textbook includes tables to simplify the solutions of the
exercises, but the reader is mainly referred to important websites
for importing necessary data.
This book represents an effort to document the experience of a
carefully-chosen group of international surgeons, regarding the use
of imaging technology in their everyday practice. The aim of this
book is to help medical students and surgeons at all levels of
training and practice to understand the basics of the more common
imaging techniques (CT, MRI, MRCP, US, XR, radionuclide scan,
etc.), including their advantages and disadvantages and their
optimal use and limitations. Following that, the application of
these imaging modalities, including the most current developments,
in the different fields and subspecialties of surgical practice
(including, but not limited to, surgical oncology, neurosurgery,
endocrine surgery breast surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, pancreatic
surgery, transplantation, urology etc.) is presented in detail.
What is important about this book is that it is written by an
international group of surgeons who are experts in their respective
fields and who offer us here their wisdom and experience, regarding
what the communication between the surgeon and the radiologist
should be, in order to provide these complex patients with the best
possible care. Apart from the radiological and imaging tools
commonly used in current practices, future prospects and challenges
regarding how imaging technology can increase surgical efficiency
in the future are explored. The overall goal of this book is to
help surgeons in today's technology-driven environment have a
proper understanding of the use and limitations of modern imaging
techniques.
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