Neural Networks And Expert Systems In Medicine And Healthcare - Proceedings Of The Third International Conference [Hardback]

Foreword xi Scientific Committee; Sponsors xiii Section 1: INVITED An Agent-Based Architecture Supporting Collaborative Work within Health Care Organizations 3(9) G. Lanzola C. Fassino S. Quaglini L. Dazzi S. Tazzi M. Stefanelli The Taming of Shrew-Clinical Applications of Neural Networks 12(8) P. J. G. Lisboa Searching the Web for General and Scientific Information 20(1) C. L. Giles S. Lawrence K. Bollacker Intelligent Systems in Medicine: Future Perspectives and Possibilities 21(4) E. C. Ifeachor Section 2: NEURAL NETWORKS Medical Diagnosis as a Neural Networks Pattern Classification Problem 25(9) R. Silva A. C. Roque da Silva Neuroserum: An Artificial Neural Net-Based Diagnostic Aid Tool for Serum Electrophoresis 34(10) A. Costa J. Cabestany J. M. Moreno M. Calvet Development of an Inductive Self-Organizing Network for the Real-Time Segmentation of Diagnostic Images 44(7) R. Pizzi F. Sicurello G. Varini Spatio-Temporal Neural Networks in Diagnosis and Prognosis 51(7) I. Ciuca E. Jitaru A. Cristea A Neural Network Based Markov Model of EEG Hidden Dynamic 58(9) R. Silipo G. Deco H. Bartsch A Recursive Time-Frequency Processing Method for Neural Networks Recognition of EEG Seizures 67(7) C. Bigan Evaluation and Classification of Surface EMG Signals in Gait Analysis 74(9) A. Casini S. Perini A. Starita Y. Blanc Artificial Neural Network Control on FES-Assisted Gait 83(9) K. Y. Tong M. H. Granat Potential of the Back Propagation Neural Network in the Assessment of Gait Patterns in Ankle Arthrodesis 92(9) W. L. Wu F. C. Su C. K. Chou A Multiple Classifier System for the Automatic Localization of Anomalies in Retinas of Diabetic Patients 101(8) M. Morganti A. Sperduti A. Starita From a Complex Neural Network with Many Components to an Aggregated Simpler Neural Network 109(7) C. N. Zaharia A. Cristea I. Ciuca I. Moisil Making the Distinction Between Crohns Disease and Ulcerative Colitis by Histopathological Examination: A Comparison of Human Performance, Logistic Regression and Adaptive Resonance Theory Mapping Neural Networks (ARTMAP) 116(9) S. S. Cross R. F. Harrison P. Drezet Bayesian Input Selection for Neural Network Classifiers 125(8) H. Verrelst J. Vandewalle B. De Moor D. Timmerman Simulation of a Micropopulational Epidemic Evolution Using a Special Neural Network 133(7) A. Cristea C. N. Zaharia I. Ciuca Detection of Glaucomatic Nerve Damage Using Artificial Neural Networks 140(11) G. M. Papadourakis H.-G. Gross I. Alexakis Section 3: EXPERT SYSTEMS Knowledge Modelisation and Case-Based Reasoning Applying in Pre-surgical Strategy of Scoliotic Deformities Correction 151(9) S. Chusseau B. Houriez A.-P. Godillon-Maquinghen D. Chopin A Case-Based Reasoning System for Diabetic Patient Therapy 160(9) S. Montani R. Bellazzi L. Portinale M. Stefanelli Integrating Computerized Guidelines with the Electronic Patient Record 169(9) L. Dazzi S. Quaglini M. Stefanelli C. Fassino A. Cavallini G. Micieli Epileptogenic Focus Localization in the Electroencephalogram using an Expert System Approach 178(9) J. R. Glover B. Ramabhadran J. D. Frost, Jr. P. Y. Ktonas A Categorical Based Reanimation Expert System 187(7) A. Wichert H. A. Kestler Computer Diagnosis of Water-Electrolyte Balance and Control over the Efficiency of Infusion-Transfusion Therapy 194(11) O. Y. Sokolova V. A. Balabutkin Section 4: FUZZY SYSTEMS Rapid Clinical Classification by the Probabilistic Simplified Fuzzy ARTMAP, PSFAM 205(12) B. W. Jervis T. Garcia E. P. Giahnakis Improving Effectiveness of Edge Extraction Supported by Fuzzy Reasoning 217(6) P. S. Szczepaniak K. Dubowik Analysis of First Pass Contrast Enhanced Myocardial Magnetic Resonance Images Using Temporal Fuzzy Clustering 223(7) F. Behloul A. Boudraa L. Khouas M. Janier N. Zegadi J. P. Roux R. Unterreiner The Validation of a Fuzzy Expert System for Umbilical Cord Acid-Base Analysis 230(11) J. M. Garibaldi J. Tilbury E. C. Ifeachor Application of the Possibilistic Clustering to the Segmentation of Multimodal Medical Images 241(12) F. Masulli A. Schenone A. M. Massone Section 5: HYBRID SYSTEMS AND OTHER APPROACHES An Integrated Hybrid System for the Quantitative and Qualitative Needle EMG Evaluation 253(9) D. Majidi E. Palanca A. Starita T. Marsili F. Giannini R. Cioni A Knowledge Base for Classification of Normal Breast 31P MRS 262(9) M. Sordo H. Buxton D. Watson Comparing Symbolic to Connectionist Knowledge Representation in the Design of a Patient Record for Cardiology 271(8) C. M. Teucci C. Marchesi C. Carpeggiani Hybrid Decision Making System for Medical Diagnosis 279(7) I. Dumitrache I. R. Mihu K. Rosu Discovery of Incomplete Knowledge in Electrocardiographic Data 286(9) F. J. Azuaje W. Dubitzky P. Lopes N. D. Black K. Adamson X. Wu J. A. White Intelligent Data Retrieval from Multidimensional Clinical Archives 295(9) F. Ermini C. Marchesi Interpretation and Knowledge Discovery from the Multilayer Perceptron Network Performing Low Back Pain Classification 304(9) S. J. Cavill M. L. Vaughn S. J. Taylor M. A. Foy A. J. B. Fogg Evolutionary Algorithms with Migration Scheme Inspired by Neural Dynamic and its Application to Reformulation of Categories in Psychotherapy Research 313(9) T. Villmann A. Korner C. Albani Subject Specific Variability of the Fractal Dimension of the Human Electroencephalogram 322(9) G. T. Henderson P. Wu E. C. Ifeachor H. S. K. Wimalaratna Automatic Count of Neural Cells Using the Generalised Fisher Ratio 331(9) S. Zheng C. G. Molina The Automatic Analysis of Gesture (AGILE Gesture 97) 340 V. Enatescu S. Nados N. Istvan V. R. Enatescu