Main description:

This book presents the most recent research and applications in Biomedical Engineering, electronic health and TeleMedicine. Top-scholars and research leaders in the field contributed to the book. It covers a broad range of applications including smart platforms like DietHub which connects patients with doctors online. The book highlights the advantages of Telemedicine to improve the healthcare services and how it can contribute to the homogenization of medicine without any geographical barriers. Telemedicine transforms local hospitals, with limited services, into a node of an integrated network. In this manner, these nodes start to play an important role in preventive medicine and in high-level management of chronic diseases.
The authors also discuss the challenges related to "health informatics" and in "e-health management". The topics of the book include: synchronous and asynchronous telemedicine with deep discussions on e-health applications, virtual medical assistance, real-time virtual visits, digital telepathology, home health monitoring, and medication adherence, wearable sensors, tele-monitoring hubs and sensors, Internet of Things, augmented and virtual reality as well as e-learning technologies. The scope of the book is quite unique particularly in terms of the application domains that it targets. It is a unique hub for the dissemination of state of the art research in the telemedicine field and healthcare ecosystems. The book is a reference for graduate students, doctors, and researchers to discover the most recent findings, and hence, it achieves breakthroughs and pushes the boundaries in the related fields.

Contents:

SPRINGER BOOKRECENT TRENDS IN COMPUTER APPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINBLE DEVELOPMENT

PART-I:Data analytics and processing (including classification, compression, segmentation, mining, detection and recognition etc.)
Overview on Sequential Mining Algorithms And Their ExtensionsCarine Bou Rjeily, Georges Badr, Amir Hajjam Al Hassani, Emmanuel Andres
Object Detection based on CNNs: Current and Future DirectionsLong Chen, Abdul Hamid Sadka, Junyu Dong, Huiyu Zhou
Video Classification Methods: Multimodal TechniquesAmal Dandashi, Jihad Al Ja'am
Proposed Multi-label Image Classification Method Based on Gabor FilterZiad Abdallah, Ali El-Zaart, M. Oueidat
Vision-Based Approach for Real-Time Hand Detection and Gesture RecognitionRayane El Sibai, Chady Abou Jaoude, Jacques Demerjian
Unsupervised Image Segmentation via Graph-based Community DetectionAbdelmalik Moujahid, Fadi Dornaika, Blanca Cases
Multiview Video Coding: A Comparative Study Between MVC and MV-HEVCSeif Allah El Mesloul Nasri, Abdul Hamid Sadka, Noureddine Doghmane, Khaled Khelil

PART-II:Data handling and management (including data security, database handling, cloud computing, hardware and software technologies)
Data Fragmentation Scheme: Improving Database Security in Cloud ComputingAmjad Alsirhani, Peter Bodorik, Srinivas Sampalli
CPU/GPU Hybrid Detection for Malware Signatures using OpenCLRadu Velea, Stefan Dragan, Florina Gurzau
Complete Design of a Hardware and Software Framework for PWM/Discrete PID-Based Speed Control of a Permanent-Magnet DC Motor without Prior Knowledge of the Motor's Parameters Chady El Moucary, Abdallah Kassem, Walid Zakhem, Chaybane Ghabach, Roger El Khoury, Patrick Rizk
Analysis of DDoS Attack-Aware Software-Defined Networking Controller Placement in Malaysia Muhammad Reazul Haque, Saw Chin Tan, Zulfadzli Yusoff, Ching Kwang Lee, Sameer Ali, Ir. Rizaludin Kaspin, Salvatore Renato Ziri
PART-III:
Data access and visualisation: Tools and Platforms/Systems
Multimodal Systems, Experiences, and Communications: A Review Towards The Tactile Internet VisionMohammed Al Jaafreh, Majed Alowaidi, Hussein Al Osman, Abdulmotaleb El Saddik

Automating the Optimization of Web Interfaces for E-CommerceAoun Lutfi, Stefano Fasciani
Arabic Multimedia Search PlatformMohamad Raad, Majida Bayan, Yihya Dalloul, Majd Ghareeb, Amin Haj-Ali
MOALEM: An Assistive Platform for Children with Reading and Writing Difficulties of ArabicJihad M. AlJa'am, Moutaz Saleh, Dominic Massaro, Mohamad Eid
Person-Dependent and Person-Independent Arabic Speech Recognition SystemNoor Al-Maadeed, Somaya Al-Maadeed
Information Visualization Techniques for Building Better Visualization ModelsRachael Fernandez, Noora Fetais