Signal and Image Processing in Medical Applications

This book highlights recent findings on and analyses conducted on signals and images in the area of medicine. The experimental investigations involve a variety of signals and images and their methodologies range from very basic to sophisticated methods. The book explains how signal and image processing methods can be used to detect and forecast abnormalities in an easy-to-follow manner, offering a valuable resource for researchers, engineers, physicians and bioinformatics researchers alike.

Auteur
Dr. Amit Kumar is the CEO and Chief Scientific Officer of BioAxis DNA Research Centre (BDRC) Pvt Ltd. His research interests are in the field of Reverse Vaccinology, Forensic Bioinformatics, DNA Forensics, Rational drug discovery, Forensic Criminology and Police Administration etc. He also serves as the Chairman of IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, IEEE Hyderabad Section and the Treasurer for IEEE Hyderabad Section.Mr. Fahimuddin Shaik is with Annamacharya Institute of Technology & Sciences (an Autonomous Institute), Rajampet, A.P., India working as an Assistant Professor in Dept. of ECE. He is BOS Member of the Department and also held a position as the Academic Council Member of the Institute. His research interests include Signal Processing, Time Series Analysis and Biomedical Image Processing. He chaired a Session at IEEE International Conference (ICMET-2010) held in Singapore on 11 September 2010. He also authored a book called Medical Imaging in Diabetes in 2011.Mr. B Abdul Rahim is with Annamacharya Institute of Technology & Sciences (an Autonomous Institute), Rajampet, A.P., India working as Professor and Head, Dept. of ECE. He received the B.E in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Gulbarga University in 1990. M.Tech (Digital Systems &Computer Electronics) from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in 2004 and PGDVLSI from Annamalai University, Chennai. He is BOS chairman of the department and Ex-officio Member of Academic Council of the Institute. He is a member of professional bodies like IEEE, EIE, ISTE, IACSIT, IAENG etc. His research interests include Fault Tolerant Systems, Embedded Systems and parallel processing. He achieved Best Teacher Award for his services by Lions Club, Rajampet.Sravan Kumar D is with Cognizant Technology Solutions , New Jersy, USA. He is having 8+ years of technical expertise in providing solution designs and developing Enterprise and web applications using Java/J2EEtechnologies and 3+ years of lead experience. He has a rack record of delivering quality Java/JEE based solutions/portals in the Travel, Education, Automobiles and Healthcare.

Contenu

Introduction.- A novel Approach in ECG Signal Processing.- Talc Embolism : Detection of Talc Deposition in Lungs.- Image Enhancement of Leukemia Microscopic Images.- DNA Microarray Analysis.