HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH ON TRENDS IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CHRONIC CONDITIONS. + ONLINE ACCESS. ADVANCES IN MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND CARE

Stemming from environmental, genetic, and situational factors, chronic disease is a critical concern in modern medicine. Managing treatment and controlling symptoms is imperative to the longevity and quality of life of patients with such diseases.
The Handbook of Research on Trends in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Conditions features current research on the diagnosis, monitoring, management, and treatment of recurring diseases such as diabetes, Parkinson's disease, autoimmune disorders, and others. This handbook is intended for practitioners and researchers across various disciplines including, but not limited to, biology, biomedical engineering, computer science, and information and communication technologies.
Aimed at identifying new disease determinants and the way in which new technologies can contribute to improved health outcomes, this handbook covers a variety of topics, including wearable and mobile technologies, capillaroscopy imaging, diagnostic and monitoring methods, and disease prediction modeling, among others.
Topics Covered
- Assistive Technologies
- Clinical Ontology
- Computer Predictive Models
- In-Home Care Systems
- Machine Learning and Data Mining
- Medical Data Analysis
- Personalized Management Methodologies
- Signal and Image Processing

Author
Dimitrios I. Fotiadis received the Diploma degree in chemical engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece, in 1985, and the Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering and materials Science from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, in 1990. He is currently a Professor of biomedical engineering in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, the Director of the Unit of Medical Technology and Intelligent Information Systems, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, and an Affiliated Member of FORTH, Biomedical Research Institute. He was a Visiting Researcher at the RWTH, Aachen, Germany and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA. He has published more than 150 papers in scientific journals, 280 papers in peer-reviewed conference proceedings, and more than 30 chapters in books. He is the editor of 16 books. His research interests include modeling of human tissues and organs, intelligent wearable devices for automated diagnosis and bioinformatics. His work has received more than 1,700 citations (Scopus).

Table of Contents
- Section 1Detection and Treatment of Chronic Diseases
Ch 1New Diagnostic and Monitoring Method for Osteoporosis1
Ch 2 Alzheimer’s Electroencephalogram Event Scalp and Source Localization 33
Ch 3.Towards Medical Systems to Aid the Detection and Treatment of Chronic Diseases.50
Ch 4. Advanced Approaches to Diagnose and Treat the Chronic Autoimmune Disorders: Multimodal Molecular Imaging.70
Ch 5.HPV Detection Methods: Towards Personalized Prevention. 99
- Section 2 Signal and Image Processing for Chronic Disease Diagnosis
Ch 6. Automated Categorisation of Nailfold Capillaroscopy Images.134
Ch 7. Computer-Aided Analysis of Nailfold Capillaroscopy Images. 146
Ch 8. Analysis of 3D Corpus Callosum Images in the Brains of Autistic Individuals. 159
Ch 9. Trends of ECG Analysis and Diagnosis. 185
Ch 10. Isocenter Verification in Radiotherapy Clinical Practice Using Virtual Simulation: An Image Registration Approach.211
Ch 11. A Review of Automated Methodologies for the Detection of Epileptic Episodes Using Long-Term EEG Signals. 231
- Section 3 Modelling of Chronic Diseases
Ch 12. What’s Memory All About? The Importance of Memory in Alzheimer’s Patients. 263
Ch13.Computer Predictive Model for Plaque Formation and Progression in the Artery. 279
Ch 14. Contemporary Heart Failure Treatment Based on Improved Knowledge and Personalized Care of Comorbidities. 301
Ch 15. Proliferation and Nonlinear Dynamics of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Revisited. 315
Ch16. Clinical Practice Ontology Automatic Learning from SOAP Reports. 349
- Section 4 Chronic Disease Monitoring
Ch17. Health Guidance Provision Infrastructure for Personalized Diabetes Management: The HealthDiab Solution. 365
Ch 18. Home Care Systems for the Management of Patients with Mental Disorders: The “ALADDIN” Experience. 382
Ch19. Definition of a Pervasive Architecture for a Central Monitoring of Homecare Systems . 412
Ch 20. Assessment of Chronic Health Care through an Internet Consensus Tool. 424
Ch21. Assistive Technologies and Computers: How to Find a Perfect Match to Help People with Disabilities 444
Ch 22. Personal Health Systems for Diabetes Management, Early Diagnosis and Prevention . 465
- Section 5 Mobile and Wearable Solutions for Chronic Diseases
Ch23.Trends and New Advances on Wearable and Mobile Technologies for Parkinson’s Disease Monitoring and Assessment of Motor Symptoms: How New Technologies Can Support Parkinson’s Disease.494
Ch 24.Health Environments for Chronic Disease Management. 518
Ch 25. Integrated System for Continuous Monitoring of COPD. 536
Compilation of References 554
About the Contributors 637
Index. 655