Arvind Kumar Bansal is a full professor of Computer Science at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA. He received his PhD (1988) from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. His research publications and undergraduate and graduate teaching are in the fields of artificial intelligence, multimedia systems and languages, bioinformatics, and computational health informatics. Javed Iqbal Khan is a full professor of Computer Science at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA. He received his PhD (1995) from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA. His research publications and undergraduate and graduate teachings are in the fields of artificial intelligence, computer networking protocols, educational networks, medical image processing and communication, perceptual enhancement, and automated knowledge acquisition. He has been a long-term Fulbright area expert.S. Kaisar Alam received his PhD (1996) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester, New York, USA. His research publications and teaching have been primarily in signal/image processing with applications to medical imaging. He was a Principal Investigator at Riverside Research, the Chief Research Officer at a Singapore tech startup, and a visiting/adjunct faculty at two New Jersey universities. Dr. Alam has been a Fulbright Scholar and he currently runs his own consulting company specializing in medical image analysis and diagnostic and therapeutic applications of ultrasound.

• PrefaceChapter OutlinesClassroom Use of this TextbookAcknowledgmentsAbout the Authors1 Introduction 2 Fundamentals 3 Intelligent Data Analysis Techniques4 Healthcare Data Organization5 Medical Imaging Informatics6 DICOM – Medical Image Communication7 Bioelectric and Biomagnetic Signal Analysis8 Clinical Data Analytics9 Pervasive Health and Remote Care10 Disease Prediction and Drug Development11 End-User’s Emotion and SatisfactionContributed by Leon Sterling12 ConclusionAppendix I: Websites for Healthcare StandardsAppendix II: Healthcare-Related Conferences and JournalsAppendix III: Health Informatics Related OrganizationsAppendix IV: Health Informatics Database ResourcesAppendix V: Selected Companies in Healthcare IndustryIndex

Arvind Kumar Bansal is a full professor of Computer Science at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA. He received his PhD (1988) from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. His research publications and undergraduate and graduate teaching are in the fields of artificial intelligence, multimedia systems and languages, bioinformatics, and computational health informatics. Javed Iqbal Khan is a full professor of Computer Science at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA. He received his PhD (1995) from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA. His research publications and undergraduate and graduate teachings are in the fields of artificial intelligence, computer networking protocols, educational networks, medical image processing and communication, perceptual enhancement, and automated knowledge acquisition. He has been a long-term Fulbright area expert.S. Kaisar Alam received his PhD (1996) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester, New York, USA. His research publications and teaching have been primarily in signal/image processing with applications to medical imaging. He was a Principal Investigator at Riverside Research, the Chief Research Officer at a Singapore tech startup, and a visiting/adjunct faculty at two New Jersey universities. Dr. Alam has been a Fulbright Scholar and he currently runs his own consulting company specializing in medical image analysis and diagnostic and therapeutic applications of ultrasound.

• PrefaceChapter OutlinesClassroom Use of this TextbookAcknowledgmentsAbout the Authors1 Introduction 2 Fundamentals 3 Intelligent Data Analysis Techniques4 Healthcare Data Organization5 Medical Imaging Informatics6 DICOM – Medical Image Communication7 Bioelectric and Biomagnetic Signal Analysis8 Clinical Data Analytics9 Pervasive Health and Remote Care10 Disease Prediction and Drug Development11 End-User’s Emotion and SatisfactionContributed by Leon Sterling12 ConclusionAppendix I: Websites for Healthcare StandardsAppendix II: Healthcare-Related Conferences and JournalsAppendix III: Health Informatics Related OrganizationsAppendix IV: Health Informatics Database ResourcesAppendix V: Selected Companies in Healthcare IndustryIndex

Arvind Kumar Bansal is a full professor of Computer Science at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA. He received his PhD (1988) from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. His research publications and undergraduate and graduate teaching are in the fields of artificial intelligence, multimedia systems and languages, bioinformatics, and computational health informatics. Javed Iqbal Khan is a full professor of Computer Science at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA. He received his PhD (1995) from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA. His research publications and undergraduate and graduate teachings are in the fields of artificial intelligence, computer networking protocols, educational networks, medical image processing and communication, perceptual enhancement, and automated knowledge acquisition. He has been a long-term Fulbright area expert.S. Kaisar Alam received his PhD (1996) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester, New York, USA. His research publications and teaching have been primarily in signal/image processing with applications to medical imaging. He was a Principal Investigator at Riverside Research, the Chief Research Officer at a Singapore tech startup, and a visiting/adjunct faculty at two New Jersey universities. Dr. Alam has been a Fulbright Scholar and he currently runs his own consulting company specializing in medical image analysis and diagnostic and therapeutic applications of ultrasound.

• PrefaceChapter OutlinesClassroom Use of this TextbookAcknowledgmentsAbout the Authors1 Introduction 2 Fundamentals 3 Intelligent Data Analysis Techniques4 Healthcare Data Organization5 Medical Imaging Informatics6 DICOM – Medical Image Communication7 Bioelectric and Biomagnetic Signal Analysis8 Clinical Data Analytics9 Pervasive Health and Remote Care10 Disease Prediction and Drug Development11 End-User’s Emotion and SatisfactionContributed by Leon Sterling12 ConclusionAppendix I: Websites for Healthcare StandardsAppendix II: Healthcare-Related Conferences and JournalsAppendix III: Health Informatics Related OrganizationsAppendix IV: Health Informatics Database ResourcesAppendix V: Selected Companies in Healthcare IndustryIndex