Sheryl Brahnam – författare

This book introduces readers to the current trends in using deep learners and deep learner descriptors for medical applications.

This book introduces a variety of well-proven and newly developed nature-inspired optimization algorithms solving a wide range of real-life biomedical and healthcare problems. It explores the distinct nature-inspired optimization-based approaches that are able to handle more accurate outcomes for the current biomedical and healthcare problems.

This book introduces a variety of well-proven and newly developed nature-inspired optimization algorithms solving a wide range of real-life biomedical and healthcare problems. It explores the distinct nature-inspired optimization-based approaches that are able to handle more accurate outcomes for the current biomedical and healthcare problems.

This book presents current innovative, alternative and creative approaches that challenge traditional mechanisms in and across disciplines and industries targeting societal impact. A common thread throughout the book is human-centered, uni and multi-modal strategies across the range of human technologies, including sensing and stimuli; virtual and augmented worlds; games for serious applications; accessibility; digital-ethics and more. Focusing on engaging, meaningful, and motivating activities that at the same time offer systemic information on human condition, performance and progress, the book is of interest to anyone seeking to gain insights into the field, be they students, teachers, practicing professionals, consultants, or family representatives. By offering a wider perspective, it addresses the need for a core text that evokes and provokes, engages and demands and stimulates and satisfies.

This book presents current innovative, alternative and creative approaches that challenge traditional mechanisms in and across disciplines and industries targeting societal impact.

This book is a continuation of the previous volumes of our series on Advanced Computational Intelligence Paradigms in Healthcare. The recent advances in computational intelligence paradigms have highlighted the need of intelligent systems in healthcare. This volume provides the reader a glimpse of the current state of the art in intelligent supportsystem design in the field of healthcare. The book reports a sample of recent advances in:• Clinical Decision Support Systems• Rehabilitation Decision Support Systems• Technology Acceptance in Medical Decision Support SystemsThe book is directed to the researchers, professors, practitioner and students interested todesign and develop intelligent decision support systems.

This volume presents the latest research in Virtual Reality (VR), as it is being applied in psychotherapy, rehabilitation, and the analysis of behaviour for neurological assessment. This book will be of value to anyone already in the field and to those who are interested in the development of VR systems for therapeutic purposes. The contents include: ·         The latest literature reviews on VR in psychotherapy, psychological wellbeing, and rehabilitation ·         VR and cognitive behavior therapy·         Increasing presence in VR for effective exposure therapy and treatment of anxiety disorders ·         VR military training for managing combat stress and preventing post traumatic stress·         VR, mixed reality systems, and games for stroke rehabilitation·         VR systems for improving vision in children with amblyopia·         Therapeutic play in virtual environments·        Healing potential of online virtual worlds such as Second Life·         Neuropsychological assessment using virtual environments ·         Detailed accounts on how VR systems are designed, implemented, and best evaluated·         Discussions of limitations, problems, and ethical concerns using VR in mental and physical therapy

This book is a continuation of the previous volumes of our series on Advanced Computational Intelligence Paradigms in Healthcare. The recent advances in computational intelligence paradigms have highlighted the need of intelligent systems in healthcare. This volume provides the reader a glimpse of the current state of the art in intelligent supportsystem design in the field of healthcare. The book reports a sample of recent advances in:• Clinical Decision Support Systems• Rehabilitation Decision Support Systems• Technology Acceptance in Medical Decision Support SystemsThe book is directed to the researchers, professors, practitioner and students interested todesign and develop intelligent decision support systems.

This book introduces Local Binary Patterns (LBP), arguably one of the most powerful texture descriptors, and LBP variants. This volume provides the latest reviews of the literature and a presentation of some of the best LBP variants by researchers at the forefront of textual analysis research and research on LBP descriptors and variants. The value of LBP variants is illustrated with reported experiments using many databases representing a diversity of computer vision applications in medicine, biometrics, and other areas. There is also a chapter that provides an excellent theoretical foundation for texture analysis and LBP in particular. A special section focuses on LBP and LBP variants in the area of face recognition, including thermal face recognition. This book will be of value to anyone already in the field as well as to those interested in learning more about this powerful family of texture descriptors.

This volume presents the latest research in Virtual Reality (VR), as it is being applied in psychotherapy, rehabilitation, and the analysis of behaviour for neurological assessment. This book will be of value to anyone already in the field and to those who are interested in the development of VR systems for therapeutic purposes. The contents include: ·         The latest literature reviews on VR in psychotherapy, psychological wellbeing, and rehabilitation ·         VR and cognitive behavior therapy·         Increasing presence in VR for effective exposure therapy and treatment of anxiety disorders ·         VR military training for managing combat stress and preventing post traumatic stress·         VR, mixed reality systems, and games for stroke rehabilitation·         VR systems for improving vision in children with amblyopia·         Therapeutic play in virtual environments·        Healing potential of online virtual worlds such as Second Life·         Neuropsychological assessment using virtual environments ·         Detailed accounts on how VR systems are designed, implemented, and best evaluated·         Discussions of limitations, problems, and ethical concerns using VR in mental and physical therapy

This book is the first single volume that brings together the topics of serious games, alternative realities, and play therapy. The focus is on the use of digital media for the therapeutic benefit and well-being of a wide range of people−spanning those with special needs to the elderly to entire urban neighborhoods. This book brings together these topics to demonstrate the increasing trans/inter/multi-disciplinary initiatives apparent today in science, medicine, and academic research−interdisciplinary initiative that are already profoundly impacting society.

This book introduces Local Binary Patterns (LBP), arguably one of the most powerful texture descriptors, and LBP variants. This volume provides the latest reviews of the literature and a presentation of some of the best LBP variants by researchers at the forefront of textual analysis research and research on LBP descriptors and variants. The value of LBP variants is illustrated with reported experiments using many databases representing a diversity of computer vision applications in medicine, biometrics, and other areas. There is also a chapter that provides an excellent theoretical foundation for texture analysis and LBP in particular. A special section focuses on LBP and LBP variants in the area of face recognition, including thermal face recognition. This book will be of value to anyone already in the field as well as to those interested in learning more about this powerful family of texture descriptors.

This book is the first single volume that brings together the topics of serious games, alternative realities, and play therapy. The focus is on the use of digital media for the therapeutic benefit and well-being of a wide range of people−spanning those with special needs to the elderly to entire urban neighborhoods. This book brings together these topics to demonstrate the increasing trans/inter/multi-disciplinary initiatives apparent today in science, medicine, and academic research−interdisciplinary initiative that are already profoundly impacting society.