Description
The rapid development of new technologies has created a lasting impact in the healthcare sector during the past decades. Due to this influence, potential clinical problems have decreased while the quality of healthcare delivery and overall user friendliness has increased and contributed to cost-effective healthcare systems.
Biomedical and Clinical Engineering for Healthcare Advancement is an essential reference source that discusses growth in healthcare applications driven by the adoption of new technologies, as well as the expansion of machine learning algorithms for clinical decision making. It focuses on combining vision, motion, data acquisition, and automated control to accelerate the development of affordable and portable medical devices. Featuring research on topics such as artificial intelligence, drug delivery, and retinal imaging, this book is ideally designed for healthcare professionals, biomedical engineers, biomedical professionals, clinicians, hospital directors, physicians, medical students, and clinical researchers.
Author's/Editor's Biography
N. Sriraam (Ed.)
N. Sriraam received M.Tech degree (with distinction) in Biomedical Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology(MIT), Manipal, India, in 2000, and the Ph.D. degree in Information Technology from the Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia, in the area of biomedical signal processing, in 2007. He is currently working as Professor and Head, Department of Medical Electronics, Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He is the author or coauthor of 150 articles published in journals and has been involved in several sponsored research projects. His research interests include biomedical signal processing, data mining, and neural networks. He is the editor–in-chief of International Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Engineering (IJBCE),USA, and is also reviewing panel member for Journals such as IEEE Transactions, IEEE Electronics letters, and Elsevier Publications. Dr. Sriraam is Senior Member of IEEE and IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), life member of Telemedicine Society of India and member of Medical Computer Society of India. Currently, he is serving as Chairman of IEEE EMBS Chapter, Bangalore Section India.