Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

1 Data Driven Therapy Decision Support System

1.1 Patient Record and Patient State Generalization

1.2 Therapy Planning Based on Patient Trials

1.3 Reinforcement Learning for Therapy Planning

1.4 Final Remarks

References

2 A Prototype Decision Support System for Anesthetists

2.1 Introduction

2.2 The Theatre

2.3 State of Art

2.4 Methods

2.5 Results

2.6 Discussion and Conclusion

2.7 Acknowledgements

References

3 Development and Testing of a Low Cost, Minimally Invasive Radiofrequency Thermal Probe for Hyperthermia Therapy

3.1 Different Strategies for Thermal Ablation Therapy

3.2 Principles of Radiofrequency Ablation

3.3 Materials and Methods

3.4 Results and Discussion

3.5 Summary of Results

3.6 Summary of Chapter

References

4 Comparative Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging With Functional Brain Imaging Modalities

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Comparison of the Functional Brain Imaging Modalities

4.3 Metabolism and Blood Flow in the Brain

4.4 Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Contrast in MR Images

4.5 Conclusion

References

5 Design of Neural Network Classifier for Separation of Images With Chromosomes

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Karyotype

5.3 Preprocessing

5.4 Existed Ideas

5.5 Neural Network Classifier

5.6 Tests

5.7 Conclusion

5.8 Acknowledgement

References

6 De-Noising of Body Surface Potential Signals

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)

6.3 Wavelet

6.4 Simulated ECG

6.5 Using Wavelet for De-noising of Simulated ECG

6.6 Using FFT and Wavelets for De-noising of BSP Signals

6.7 Body Surface Potential Mapping (BSPM)

6.8 Summary of Chapter (Conclusions)

References

7 Single Channel Wireless EEG: Proposed Application in Train Drivers

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Hardware Development of Wireless EEG

7.3 Experiments and Results

7.4 Discussion and Future Work

7.5 Acknowledgement

References

8 Algorithm of Remote Monitoring ECG Using Mobile Phone: Conception and Implementation

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Problem

8.3 Our Vision

8.4 Implementation of Proposed Model

8.5 Evaluation

8.6 Conclusion

Acknowledgements

References

9 Statistical Validation of Physiological Indicators for Non-invasive and Hybrid Driver Drowsiness Detection System

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Methods

9.3 Results

9.4 Discussion

9.5 Acknowledgement

References

10 Security and Privacy of Wireless Sensor Networks for Biomedical Applications

10.1 Wireless Sensor Networks

10.2 Biomedical Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks

10.3 Privacy and Security Issues

10.4 Security Solutions

10.5 Conclusion

Summary of Chapter

References

11 Key Establishment Schemes for Clustered Distributed Sensor Networks

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Distributed Sensor Network Security

11.3 Key pre-distribution schemes for sensor networks

11.4 Non-threshold Deterministic Parwise Key Establishment Scheme for Clustered Distributed Sensor Networks

11.5 Summary of Chapter

References

12 Planning and Addressing of Wireless Sensor Networks

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Implementation

12.3 Address Allocation Schemes and Planning of Sensor Networks

12.4 Addressing Schemes in Zigbee Networks

12.5 Skip Distance Addressing

12.6 Static Addressing Algorithm

12.7 Address Allocation Based On Last Address Assigned

12.8 A New Zigbee Network Addressing Scheme

12.9 Iterative Address Allocation

12.10 Planning of Zigbee Personal Area Networks

12.11 Conclusions

References

13 Sensor Scheduling and Redeployment Mechanisms in Wireless Sensor Networks

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Sensor Scheduling Mechanisms

13.3 Sensor Redeployment Mechanisms

13.4 Summary of Chapter

13.5 Acknowledgements

References

14 On the Combination of Logistic Regression and Local Probability Estimates

14.1 Machine Learning

14.2 Two-Class Classification Problem

14.3 Classifier Evaluation

14.4 Ensemble Classification

14.5 Classifier Characteristics

14.6 Classifier Combination

14.7 Experimental Setup

14.8 Results and Discussion

14.9 Summary

Acknowledgements

References

15 Stochastic Deterioration Processes in Bridge Lifetime Assessment

15.1 Bridge Maintenance Optimization

15.2 The Markov Chain Model

15.3 The RTA Level-2 Inspection Data

15.4 Estimating the Deterioration Rate

15.5 The Gamma Process

15.6 Lognormal Diffusion Process

15.7 Summary of Chapter

References

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