Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Volume 127

Volume 127, April 2016

Editorial

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  Chi-Chen Wu, Richard Lu, Hsuan-Chia Yang, Yu-Chuan (Jack) Li:
  Social media as a primary source of medical knowledge acquisition and dissemination. A1

Section I: Methodology

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  Mohamed Abdel-Nasser, Antonio Moreno, Domenec Puig:
  Temporal mammogram image registration using optimized curvilinear coordinates. 1-14

Section II: Systems and Programs

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  Andreas Christ, Oliver Thews:
  Using numeric simulation in an online e-learning environment to teach functional physiological contexts. 15-23
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  Hayat Al-Dmour, Ahmed Al-Ani:
  Quality optimized medical image information hiding algorithm that employs edge detection and data coding. 24-43

Section III: Experiences with Methods, Systems and Programs

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  Usman Iqbal, Chun-Kung Hsu, Phung-Anh (Alex) Nguyen, Daniel Livius Clinciu, Richard Lu, Syed Abdul Shabbir, Hsuan-Chia Yang, Yao-Chin Wang, Chu-Ya Huang, Chih-Wei Huang, Yo-Cheng Chang, Min-Huei Hsu, Wen-Shan Jian, Yu-Chuan (Jack) Li:
  Cancer-disease associations: A visualization and animation through medical big data. 44-51

Section I: Methodology

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  Fatin A. Elhaj, Naomie Salim, Arief R. Harris, Tan Tian Swee, Taqwa Ahmed:
  Arrhythmia recognition and classification using combined linear and nonlinear features of ECG signals. 52-63
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  Siuly Siuly, Xiao-Xia Yin, Sillas Hadjiloucas, Yanchun Zhang:
  Classification of THz pulse signals using two-dimensional cross-correlation feature extraction and non-linear classifiers. 64-82

Section II: Systems and Programs

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  Chayan Acharya, Andrew C. Hooker, Gülbeyaz Yildiz Türkyilmaz, Siv Jönsson, Mats O. Karlsson:
  A diagnostic tool for population models using non-compartmental analysis: The ncappc package for R. 83-93

Section I: Methodology

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  Saif Nalband, Aditya Sundar, A. Amalin Prince, Anita Agarwal:
  Feature selection and classification methodology for the detection of knee-joint disorders. 94-104

Section II: Systems and Programs

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  Krisztián Búza:
  Classification of gene expression data: A hubness-aware semi-supervised approach. 105-113

Section I: Methodology

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  Xia Wu, Tong Wu, Zhichao Zhan, Li Yao, Xiaotong Wen:
  A real-time method to reduce ballistocardiogram artifacts from EEG during fMRI based on optimal basis sets (OBS). 114-125

Section II: Systems and Programs

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  Yasunori Aoki, Monika Sundqvist, Andrew C. Hooker, Peter Gennemark:
  PopED lite: An optimal design software for preclinical pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies. 126-143

Section III: Experiences with Methods, Systems and Programs

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  Eduardo José da S. Luz, William Robson Schwartz, Guillermo Cámara Chávez, David Menotti:
  ECG-based heartbeat classification for arrhythmia detection: A survey. 144-164

Section II: Systems and Programs

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  Tobias Georg Oesterlein, Jochen Schmid, Silvio Bauer, Amir Jadidi, Claus Schmitt, Olaf Dössel, Armin Luik:
  Analysis and visualization of intracardiac electrograms in diagnosis and research: Concept and application of KaPAVIE. 165-173

Section I: Methodology

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  Hasan Ogul, B. Buket Ogul, A. Muhtesem Agildere, Tuncay Bayrak, Emre Sümer:
  Eliminating rib shadows in chest radiographic images providing diagnostic assistance. 174-184
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  S. Reulecke, Sonia Charleston-Villalobos, Andreas Voss, Ramón González-Camarena, J. Gonzalez-Hermosillo, Mercedes J. Gaitan-Gonzalez, Guadalupe Hernández-Pacheco, Rico Schroeder, Tomás Aljama-Corrales:
  Orthostatic stress causes immediately increased blood pressure variability in women with vasovagal syncope. 185-196

Section II: Systems and Programs

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  Alejandro Rodríguez González, Ernestina Menasalvas Ruiz, Miguel Angel Mayer:
  Automatic extraction and identification of users' responses in Facebook medical quizzes. 197-203

Section I: Methodology

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  Kalenia Márquez-Florez, Enrique Vergara-Amador, Maria Gavilán-Alfonso, Diego Alexander Garzón-Alvarado:
  Load distribution on the radio-carpal joint for carpal arthrodesis. 204-215

Section II: Systems and Programs

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  Semih Utku, Mehmet Hilal Özcanhan, Mehmet Suleyman Unluturk:
  Automated personnel-assets-consumables-drug tracking in ambulance services for more effective and efficient medical emergency interventions. 216-231

Section I: Methodology

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  Siamak N. Doost, Liang Zhong, Boyang Su, Yos S. Morsi:
  The numerical analysis of non-Newtonian blood flow in human patient-specific left ventricle. 232-247

Section II: Systems and Programs

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  John Edison Arevalo Ovalle, Fabio A. González, Raúl Ramos-Pollán, José Luís Oliveira, Miguel Ángel Guevara-López:
  Representation learning for mammography mass lesion classification with convolutional neural networks. 248-257

Section III: Experiences with Methods, Systems and Programs

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  Dusan Koniar, Libor Hargas, Zuzana Loncová, Frantisek Duchon, Peter Beno:
  Machine vision application in animal trajectory tracking. 258-272

Section I: Methodology

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  Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng, Chun-Che Huang, Kym Fraser, Hsien-Wei Ting:
  Rough set based rule induction in decision making using credible classification and preference from medical application perspective. 273-289

Section II: Systems and Programs

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  Nathan D. Ellingwood, Youbing Yin, Matthew R. Smith, Ching-Long Lin:
  Efficient methods for implementation of multi-level nonrigid mass-preserving image registration on GPUs and multi-threaded CPUs. 290-300

Section I: Methodology

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  Zoltan Galaz, Jirí Mekyska, Zdenek Mzourek, Zdenek Smékal, Irena Rektorová, Ilona Eliasova, Milena Kostalova, Martina Mrackova, Dagmar Berankova:
  Prosodic analysis of neutral, stress-modified and rhymed speech in patients with Parkinson's disease. 301-317
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  Bin Liu, Hui Zhang, Shungang Hua, Qianfeng Jiang, Rui Huang, Wenpeng Liu, Shuo Zhang, Bingbing Zhang, Zongge Yue:
  An automatic segmentation system of acetabulum in sequential CT images for the personalized artificial femoral head design. 318-335