ABSTRACT

The goal of medical informatics is to improve life expectancy, disease diagnosis and quality of life. Medical devices have revolutionized healthcare and have led to the modern age of machine learning, deep learning and Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) with their proliferation, mobility and agility. This book exposes different dimensions of applications for computational intelligence and explains its use in solving various biomedical and healthcare problems in the real world. This book describes the fundamental concepts of machine learning and deep learning techniques in a healthcare system. The aim of this book is to describe how deep learning methods are used to ensure high-quality data processing, medical image and signal analysis and improved healthcare applications. This book also explores different dimensions of computational intelligence applications and illustrates its use in the solution of assorted real-world biomedical and healthcare problems. Furthermore, it provides the healthcare sector with innovative advances in theory, analytical approaches, numerical simulation, statistical analysis, modelling, advanced deployment, case studies, analytical results, computational structuring and significant progress in the field of machine learning and deep learning in healthcare applications.

FEATURES

  • Explores different dimensions of computational intelligence applications and illustrates its use in the solution of assorted real-world biomedical and healthcare problems
  • Provides guidance in developing intelligence-based diagnostic systems, efficient models and cost-effective machines
  • Provides the latest research findings, solutions to the concerning issues and relevant theoretical frameworks in the area of machine learning and deep learning for healthcare systems
  • Describes experiences and findings relating to protocol design, prototyping, experimental evaluation, real testbeds and empirical characterization of security and privacy interoperability issues in healthcare applications
  • Explores and illustrates the current and future impacts of pandemics and mitigates risk in healthcare with advanced analytics

 

This book is intended for students, researchers, professionals and policy makers working in the fields of public health and in the healthcare sector. Scientists and IT specialists will also find this book beneficial for research exposure and new ideas in the field of machine learning and deep learning.

chapter 1|30 pages

Machine Learning in Healthcare

An Introduction