Neural Networks in Healthcare: Potential and Challenges

• #1. Overview of Artificial Neural Networks and their Applications in Healthcare
• #2. A Survey on Various Applications of Artificial Neural Networks in Selected Fields of Healthcare
• #3. The Role of Neural Networks in Computerized Classification of the Electrocardiogram
• #4. Neural Networks in ECG Classification: What is Next for Adaptive Systems?
• #5. A Concept Learning-Based Patient-Adaptable Abnormal ECG Beat Detector for Long-Term Monitoring of Heart Patients
• #6. A Recurrent Probabilistic Neural Network for EMG Pattern Recognition
• #7. Myoelectric Teleoperation of a Dual-Arm Manipulator Using Neural Networks
• #8. Artificial Neural Networks in EEG Analysis
• #9. The Use of Artificial Neural Networks for Objective Determination of Hearing Threshold Using the Auditory Brainstem Response
• #10. Movement Pattern Recognition Using Neural Networks
• #11. Neural and Kernal Methods for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
• #12. Computational Fluid Dynamics and Neural Network for Modeling and Simulations of Medical Devices
• #13. Analysis of Temporal Patterns of Physiological Parameters

Dr. Rezaul Begg received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. Eng degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh, and the Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Aberdeen, U.K. Currently he is a Faculty member at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. Previously, he worked with Deakin University and BUET. He researches in Biomedical Engineering, Biomechanics and Machine Learning areas, and has published over 100 research papers in these areas. He is a regular reviewer for several international journals, and was on the TPC for a number of major international conferences. He received several awards, including the BUET Gold medal and the Chancellor prize for academic excellence.

Joarder Kamruzzaman received B.Sc and M.Sc. in electrical engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1986 & 1989 respectively, and a PhD in Information System Engineering from Muroran Institute of technology, Japan in 1993. Currently he is a faculty member in the Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Australia. His research interest includes computational intelligence, computer networks and bioinformatics etc. He has published more than 70 refereed papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He is currently serving as a program committee member of a number of international conferences.

Ruhul Sarker received his Ph.D. in 1991 from DalTech, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, and is currently a Senior Lecturer in Operations Research at the School of Computer Science, University of New South Wales, ADFA Campus, Canberra, Australia. Before joining at UNSW in February 1998, Dr Sarker worked with Monash University, Victoria, and the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka. His main research interests are Evolutionary Optimization, Data Mining and Applied Operations Research. He is currently involved with four edited books either as editor or co-editor, and has published more than 60 refereed papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He is also the editor of ASOR Bulletin, the national publication of the Australian Society for Operations Research.