E-learning education to promote interprofessional education with physicians, pharmacists, nurses and nurse practitioners in (LTC) facilities: promising potential solutions
DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2008.016958 | Larry W. Chambers, James Conklin, William B. Dalziel, Colla J. MacDonald, Emma J. Stodel | The Working Together online learning resource to improve collaborative practice (teamwork) includes eight modules. They cover collaborative practice principles and skills, their application to care delivery, and their evaluation in the work... | 233 - 249 |
Automated detection of abnormal masses in ultrasound images
DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2008.016958 | S. Poonguzhali, G. Ravindran | The main aim of this work is to develop an automatic algorithm to identify the boundaries of abnormal regions in the ultrasound images, which is unique challenge in medical image segmentation. The initial seed point and the threshold to con... | 250 - 258 |
From data to decisions: introducing Knowledge Management to effect superior operations in a radiology department
DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2008.016958 | T. Goodfellow, R.K. Bali, N. Wickramasinghe, R.N.G. Naguib | Contemporary healthcare organisations have to develop an ability to intelligently use the knowledge assets already inherent within them as well as incorporate the new data and information they create daily. To do this effectively, superior ... | 259 - 272 |
Development of tissue-equivalent phantoms for biomedical ultrasonic applications
DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2008.016958 | Manju Singh, H.R. Singh, Ashvani Kumar, V.R. Singh, K. Pant, Poonam Sethi | Tissue phantoms are, generally, used in the calibration of therapeutic and diagnostic systems. Thus, Tissue-Mimicking (TM) phantoms are developed and studied here for various ultrasonic output parameters. These phantoms have been developed ... | 273 - 286 |
The effect of bladder volume changes on the measured electrical impedance of the urothelium
DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2008.016958 | Ahmad Keshtkar, Asghar Mesbahi, Parinaz Mehnati | The bio-impedance of the urinary bladder in both benign and malignant areas can be measured using the electrical impedance spectroscopy system. In this procedure, the bladder volume changes using some liquids which were expected to affect t... | 287 - 292 |
Intelligent identification and classification of epileptic seizures using wavelet transform
DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2008.016958 | D. Najumnissa, S. ShenbagaDevi | Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder. The need of the hour is an automated analysis of the Electroencephalographs (EEGs), which enhances efficiency of diagnosis. This paper presents simple and new approach for classifying the types of... | 293 - 314 |
Development of an artificial womb for acoustical simulation of mother|s abdomen
DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2008.016958 | A.K. Mittra, N.K. Choudhary, A.S. Zadgaonkar | Experimental testing and validation is necessary for any system under developmental stage. It is proposed that an artificial womb, which gives simulated testing conditions, is very appropriate for testing and calibration of foetal monitorin... | 315 - 328 |
A survey of industrial experiences for the UK healthcare software development sector
DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2008.016958 | Tien D. Nguyen, Hong Guo, Raouf N.G. Naguib | A quantitative survey aims to investigate common development and management practices for the Healthcare application domain by gathering industrial experiences from software practitioners in the UK. The results indicated a number of managem... | 329 - 341 |
Knowledge Management: the key to network-centric healthcare
DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2008.016958 | N. Wickramasinghe, R.K. Bali | The adoption and diffusion of e-health and the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in healthcare is being heralded as the panacea. In this context, a model of network-centric healthcare operations has been proff... | 342 - 352 |
