Computer-based infectious disease surveillance systems are capable of real-time or near real-time detection of serious illnesses and potential bioterrorism agent exposures and represent a major step forward in disease surveillance. Infectious Disease Informatics: Syndromic Surveillance for Public Health and Bio-Defense is an in-depth monograph that analyzes and evaluates the outbreak modeling and detection capabilities of existing surveillance systems under a unified framework, and present...

Perfect for radiation oncologists, medical physicists, and residents in both fields, Practical Radiation Oncology Physics provides a concise and practical summary of the current practice standards in therapeutic medical physics. A companion to the fourth edition of Clinical Radiation Oncology, by Drs. Leonard Gunderson and Joel Tepper, this indispensable guide helps you ensure a current, state-of-the art clinical practice. - Covers key topics such as relative and in-vivo dosimetry, imaging...

Focus on net carbon capture bioenergy technologies which fully address the challenge of climate changeFocus on optimising use of co-products and non-food plant materialsReviews of key technologies and products cover both principles and practical applications, including case studies

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed conference proceedings of the International Conference for Smart Health, ICSH 2019, held in Shenzhen, China, in July 2019.The 34 full papers and 1 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions. In this book a lively exchange and collaborations between the growing international smart health research scholars and communities has been introduced, and to advance our understanding about the technical, practi...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the International Conference for Smart Health, ICSH 2015, held in Phoenix, AZ, USA, in November 2015.The 33 papers presented together were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions. The conference focused on topics and issues including medical monitoring and information extraction, clinical and medical data mining, health data analysis and management, big data and smart health, and healthcare int...

This book on Infectious Disease Informatics (IDI) and biosurveillance is intended to provide an integrated view of the current state of the art, identify technical and policy challenges and opportunities, and promote cross-disciplinary research that takes advantage of novel methodology and what we have learned from innovative applications. This book also fills a systemic gap in the literature by emphasizing informatics driven perspectives (e.g., information system design, data standards, c...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the International Conference for Smart Health, ICSH 2018, held in Wuhan, China, in July 2018.The 14 full papers and 21 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 49 submissions. They focus on studies on the principles, approaches, models, frameworks, new applications, and effects of using novel information technology to address healthcare problems and improve social welfare. The selec...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the International Conference for Smart Health, ICSH 2017, held in Hong Kong, China,in June 2017.The 18 full papers and 13 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selectedfrom 38 submissions. They focus on studies on the principles, approaches, models, frameworks, new applications, and effects of using novel information technology to address healthcare problems and improve social welfare.