This new edition includes new sections at the end of each chapter, called "future outlook and research avenues," providing pointers to future challenges. At the beginning of each chapter a new section called "key problems", has been added, where the author discusses possible traps and unsolvable or major problems.
Dr. Holzinger is Head of Research Unit HCI4MED, Institute of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation, Medical University Graz and is an Assoc. Prof. for Information Processing, Faculty of Informatics, Graz University of Technology; Lecturer for Biomedical Informatics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Graz University of Technology.
Innehållsförteckning
Introduction: Computer Science meets Life Science.- Fundamentals of Data, Information and Knowledge.- Structured Data: Coding and Classification.- Biomedical Databases: Acquisition, Storage, Information Retrieval and Use.- Multimedia Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.- Knowledge and Decision: Cognitive Science and Human–Computer Interaction.- Biomedical Decision Making: Reasoning and Decision Support.- Interactive Information Visualization and Visual Analytics.- Biomedical Information Systems and Medical Knowledge Management.- Biomedical Data: Privacy, Safety and Security.- Methodology for Information Systems: System Design, Usability and Evaluation.