Calls for papers

 

International Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering

 

Special Issue on: "Medical Signal and Image Processing"

Guest Editors:
Dr. Narendra D. Londhe, National Institute of Technology Raipur, India
Dr. R. K. Sunkaria, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India
Dr. Anil Kumar, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, India
Dr. Mrs. Deepti Mittal, Thapar University, India

Medical signals and images provide essential information for physicians and assist them in the diagnosis of harmful diseases and in conducting surgery. The medical signals used are of very low amplitudes and have low noise immunity, and still suffer from a lot of errors due to physical disturbances and instrumentation errors.

Furthermore, with regard to medical images, poor quality, the large size of image data and automatic diagnosis are basic challenges that still need serious attention.

In light of this, signal and image processing concepts need to be improved in order to provide more detailed diagnosis systems, better preoperational knowledge and easier handling of medical data. This special issue will therefore focus on the topics listed below.

Subject Coverage
Suitable topics include but are not limited to:

• Bioelectric signals
• ECG signal processing
• ECG signal enhancement
• ECG delineation
• Heart rate variability
• Any other related topics
• EEG signal processing
• EEG signal modelling and analysis
• Event-related potentials
• Seizure signal analysis
• Sleep EEG
• Brain-computer interfacing (BCI)
• EMG, EOG signal processing
• Medical images (ultrasound, CT, MRI , PET, mammography, elstography, etc.)
• Enhancement
• Segmentation
• Compression
• Image classification

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page.

Important Dates

Submission deadline: 31 January, 2013 (extended)

1st round review result: 1 March, 2013

Submission of revised papers: 1 May, 2013

Final notification: 1 June, 2013