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This handbook is designed to enable radiation oncologists to appropriately and confidently delineate tumor volumes/fields for conformal radiation therapy, including intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), in patients with commonly encountered cancers. The orientation of this handbook is entirely practical, in that the focus is on the illustration of clinical target volume (CTV) delineation for each major malignancy. Each chapter provides guidelines and concise knowledge on CTV selection for a particular disease, explains how the anatomy of lymphatic drainage shapes the selection of the target volume, and presents detailed illustrations of volumes, slice by slice, on planning CT images. While the emphasis is on target volume delineation for three-dimensional conformal therapy and IMRT, information is also provided on conventional radiation therapy field setup and planning for certain malignancies for which IMRT is not currently suitable.

Cancer -- Radiotherapy. --- Medicine. --- Neoplasms -- Radiotherapy. --- Radiotherapy -- Positioning. --- Cancer --- Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted --- Body Weights and Measures --- Diseases --- Therapeutics --- Investigative Techniques --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Anthropometry --- Therapy, Computer-Assisted --- Decision Making, Computer-Assisted --- Medical Informatics Applications --- Medical Informatics --- Information Science --- Methods --- Radiotherapy, Conformal --- Radiotherapy --- Tumor Burden --- Neoplasms --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Radiology, MRI, Ultrasonography & Medical Physics --- Oncology --- Radiotherapy. --- Radiation therapy --- Radiology. --- Oncology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Imaging / Radiology. --- Electrotherapeutics --- Hospitals --- Medical electronics --- Medical radiology --- Therapeutics, Physiological --- Phototherapy --- Radiological services --- Oncology  . --- Radiology, Medical. --- Clinical radiology --- Radiology, Medical --- Radiology (Medicine) --- Medical physics --- Tumors --- Radiological physics --- Physics --- Radiation

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Medical Records Systems, Computerized --- Security Measures --- Confidentiality --- Admitting Department, Hospital --- Patient Rights --- Organization and Administration --- Medical Records --- Forensic Psychiatry --- Jurisprudence --- Information Systems --- Hospital Departments --- Psychiatry --- Hospital Administration --- Records as Topic --- Social Control, Formal --- Human Rights --- Health Services Administration --- Medical Informatics Applications --- Data Collection --- Health Facilities --- Behavioral Sciences --- Medical Informatics --- Health Care Economics and Organizations --- Health Care --- Sociology --- Information Science --- Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms --- Epidemiologic Methods --- Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services --- Behavioral Disciplines and Activities --- Social Sciences --- Quality of Health Care --- Investigative Techniques --- Public Health --- Environment and Public Health --- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

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This book presents a sample of research on knowledge-based systems in biomedicine and computational life science. The contributions include: ·         personalized stress diagnosis system ·         image analysis system for breast cancer diagnosis ·         analysis of neuronal cell images ·         structure prediction of protein ·         relationship between two mental disorders ·         detection of cardiac abnormalities ·         holistic medicine based treatment ·         analysis of life-science data  .

Artificial intelligence --- Expert systems (Computer science) --- Medical Informatics --- Artificial Intelligence --- Investigative Techniques --- Biology --- Information Systems --- Information Science --- Computing Methodologies --- Biological Science Disciplines --- Medical Informatics Applications --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Medical Informatics Computing --- Methods --- Knowledge Bases --- Computational Biology --- Expert Systems --- Medicine --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Computer Science --- Medical & Biomedical Informatics --- Medical applications --- Biological applications. --- Medical applications. --- Knowledge-based systems (Computer science) --- Systems, Expert (Computer science) --- Engineering. --- Artificial intelligence. --- Systems biology. --- Computational intelligence. --- Computational Intelligence. --- Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics). --- Systems Biology. --- Intelligence, Computational --- Soft computing --- Computational biology --- Bioinformatics --- Biological systems --- Molecular biology --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Bionics --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Electronic data processing --- Logic machines --- Machine theory --- Self-organizing systems --- Simulation methods --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Computer systems --- Data processing --- Biological models. --- Artificial Intelligence. --- Models, Biological

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One of the greatest challenges for mechanical engineers is to extend the success of computational mechanics to fields outside traditional engineering, in particular to biology, biomedical sciences, and medicine. This book is an opportunity for computational biomechanics specialists to present and exchange opinions on the opportunities of applying their techniques to computer-integrated medicine. Computational Biomechanics for Medicine: Models, Algorithms and Implementation collects the papers from the Seventh Computational Biomechanics for Medicine Workshop held in Nice in conjunction with the Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention conference. The topics covered include: medical image analysis, image-guided surgery, surgical simulation, surgical intervention planning, disease prognosis and diagnostics, injury mechanism analysis, implant and prostheses design, and medical robotics.

Biomaterials. --- Biomedical engineering. --- Engineering. --- Engineering mathematics. --- Surgery. --- Medicine --- Biomedical engineering --- Computing Methodologies --- Publication Formats --- Mechanical Phenomena --- Models, Theoretical --- Health Occupations --- Surgical Procedures, Operative --- Engineering --- Therapy, Computer-Assisted --- Mathematical Concepts --- Biophysical Phenomena --- Therapeutics --- Physical Phenomena --- Information Science --- Phenomena and Processes --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Technology, Industry, and Agriculture --- Decision Making, Computer-Assisted --- Publication Characteristics --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Investigative Techniques --- Technology, Industry, Agriculture --- Medical Informatics Applications --- Medical Informatics --- Congresses --- Surgery, Computer-Assisted --- Algorithms --- Biomechanics --- Biomedical Engineering --- Computer Simulation --- Models, Biological --- Human Anatomy & Physiology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Medical & Biomedical Informatics --- Physiology --- Data processing --- Biophysics. --- Mathematical models. --- Biological physics --- Biological mechanics --- Mechanical properties of biological structures --- Applied mathematics. --- Biomedical Engineering. --- Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering. --- Biology --- Medical sciences --- Physics --- Biophysics --- Mechanics --- Contractility (Biology) --- Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. --- Mathematical and Computational Engineering. --- Engineering analysis --- Mathematical analysis --- Surgery, Primitive --- Biocompatible materials --- Biomaterials --- Medical materials --- Materials --- Biocompatibility --- Prosthesis --- Clinical engineering --- Medical engineering --- Bioengineering --- Mathematics --- Bioartificial materials --- Hemocompatible materials --- Biomaterials (Biomedical materials)

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Between rising costs and decreasing accessibility, the present health care picture is fraught with shortcomings—a discouraging scenario for the millions of patients struggling with chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. In response, computer technology is emerging as a key factor in the transition from inefficient centralized health systems toward patient-centered, patient-involved care: pervasive healthcare.    In straightforward fashion, Pervasive Health Knowledge Management systematically explains how mobile technologies and knowledge management (KM) can streamline health systems by removing time and place limitations, reducing costs, and giving patients a more proactive part in managing their conditions. The book defines the role of KM in pervasive healthcare and analyzes its component processes and technologies. Chapters examine how and why KM works, review KM initiatives within and outside the U.S., and offer extended coverage of possibilities for ubiquitous computing in managing diabetes. Together, they outline a future that meets mounting chronic health concerns with efficient, cost-effective, patient-empowering strategies. Highlights of the coverage:   Implicit and explicit knowledge assets in healthcare. Using pervasive technologies to manage knowledge in crisis situations. Smart phone application design and knowledge management for people with dementia. A pervasive technology solution for supporting diabetes self-care. Examining the business and IT aspects of wireless enabled healthcare solutions. Developing an internet-based chronic disease self-management system.   Healthcare administrators and researchers in healthcare management, health policy, and health services research will find detailed in Pervasive Health Knowledge Management a visionary approach to many of the most pressing problems in their fields.

Delivery of health care. --- Health services administration -- United States. --- Health services administration. --- Leadership. --- Medical informatics --- Medical telematics --- Ubiquitous computing --- Information Science --- Medical Informatics --- Information Management --- Medical Informatics Applications --- Medicine --- Public Health --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Hospitals & Medical Centers --- Medical & Biomedical Informatics --- Knowledge management. --- Public health. --- Medical informatics. --- Clinical informatics --- Health informatics --- Medical information science --- Community health --- Health services --- Hygiene, Public --- Hygiene, Social --- Public health services --- Public hygiene --- Sanitary affairs --- Social hygiene --- Management of knowledge assets --- Medicine. --- Health informatics. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Health Informatics. --- Information science --- Health --- Human services --- Biosecurity --- Health literacy --- Medicine, Preventive --- National health services --- Sanitation --- Management --- Information technology --- Intellectual capital --- Organizational learning --- Data processing --- Medical records --- Data processing. --- EHR systems --- EHR technology --- EHRs (Electronic health records) --- Electronic health records --- Electronic medical records --- EMR systems --- EMRs (Electronic medical records) --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Medical care