Journal Contents: International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications (IJEHMC)

Volume 15 (2024)
Issue 1
Volume 14 (2023)
Issue 1
Article 49
Computational Framework of Inverted Fuzzy C-Means and Quantum Convolutional Neural Network Towards Accurate Detection of Ovarian Tumors (pages 1-16)
Ashwini Kodipalli (Global Academy of Technology, India), Steven L. Fernandes (Creighton University, USA), Santosh K. Dasar (SDM College of Medical Sciences and Hospital, India), Taha Ismail (SDM College of Medical Sciences and Hospital, India)
Article 50
Detection of Antibiotic Constituent in Aspergillus flavus Using Quantum Convolutional Neural Network (pages 1-26)
Sannidhan M. S. (NMAM Institute of Technology (deemed), India), Jason Elroy Martis (NMAM Institute of Technology (deemed), India), Ramesh Sunder Nayak (Canara Engineering College (deemed), India), Sunil Kumar Aithal (NMAM Institute of Technology (deemed), India), Sudeepa K. B. (NMAM Institute of Technology (deemed), India)
Volume 13 (2022)
Issue 1
Article 27
WhatsApp and Health Communication: Its Impact on Promoting Children's Oral Healthcare Among Parents (pages 1-13)
Siti Ezaleila Mustafa (University of Malaya, Malaysia), Nor Zaliza Sarmiti (University of Malaya, Malaysia), Zamros Yuzadi Mohd Yusof (University of Malaya, Malaysia), Nor Azlida Mohd Nor (University of Malaya, Malaysia), Mariani Md Nor (University of Malaya, Malaysia)
Article 29
Combating Drug Counterfeiting by Tracing Ownership Transfer Using Blockchain Technology (pages 1-21)
Vikram Bali (IMS Engineering College, India), Tejaswi Khanna (Sharda University, Greater India), Pawan Soni (JSS Academy of Technical Education, India), Shivam Gupta (JSS Academy of Technical Education, India), Shivi Chauhan (JSS Academy of Technical Education, India), Shivani Gupta (JSS Academy of Technical Education, India)
Article 33
Meal Planning for Alzheimer's Disease Using an Ontology-Assisted Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Approach (pages 1-14)
Maryam Amiri (North Dakota State University, USA), Juan Li (North Dakota State University, USA), Souradip Roy (North Dakota State University, USA)
Article 85
Investigating the Receptiveness Attitude of the Patient With Diabetes Retinopathy Towards the Use of Teleophthalmology (pages 1-14)
Chiemelie Benneth Iloka (Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Nigeria), Idongesit Aniekan Ekpo (Cyprus International University, Cyprus), Husam Rjoub (Department of Accounting and Finance, College of Administrative Sciences and Informatics, Palestine Polytechnic University, Hebron City, West Bank, Palestine), Kolawole Iyiola (The University of Mediterranean Karpasia, Cyprus), Jamiu Adetola Adetola Odugbesan (Cyprus West University, Cyprus)
Issue 2
Guest Editorial Preface: Special issue on eHealth Technologies to Deal With the COVID-19 Pandemic
Chinmay Chakraborty (Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, India), Lalit Garg (University of Malta, Malta), Zhaolong Ning (Dalian University of Technology, China)
Article 1
HuDA_COVID Human Disposition Analysis During COVID-19 Using Machine Learning (pages 1-15)
Charu Gupta (Bhagwan Parshuram Institute of Technology, Delhi, India), Dev Gaur (Bhagwan Parshuram Institute of Technology, Delhi, India), Prateek Agrawal (Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India), Deepali Virmani (Department of Computer Science, Vivekanand Institute of Professional Studies Technical Campus,, Delhi, India)
Article 2
Utilization of Transfer Learning Model in Detecting COVID-19 Cases From Chest X-Ray Images (pages 1-11)
Malathy Jawahar (Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, India), L. Jani Anbarasi (Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India), Prassanna Jayachandran (Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India), Manikandan Ramachandran (SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India), Fadi Al-Turjman (AI and Robotics Institute, Near East University, Nicosia, Turkey & Faculty of Engineering, University of Kyrenia, Kyrenia, Turkey)
Article 3
Time-Series Forecasting and Analysis of COVID-19 Outbreak in Highly Populated Countries: A Data-Driven Approach (pages 1-17)
Arunkumar P. M. (Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore, India), Lakshmana Kumar Ramasamy (Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, India), Amala Jayanthi M. (Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, India)
Article 4
Binary Classification of COVID-19 CT Images Using CNN: COVID Diagnosis Using CT (pages 1-13)
Shankar Shambhu (Chitkara University School of Computer Applications, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, India), Deepika Koundal (Department of Vitualization, School of Computer Science, Universit of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India), Prasenjit Das (Chitkara University School of Computer Applications, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, India), Chetan Sharma (Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, India)
Article 5
Artificial Intelligence for the Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions (pages 1-21)
Ayesha Ahmed (Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India), Prabadevi Boopathy (Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India), Sudhagara Rajan S. (Jain University, Bengaluru, India)
Article 6
Comparison of Active COVID-19 Cases per Population Using Time-Series Models (pages 1-21)
Sakinat Oluwabukonla Folorunso (Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Nigeria), Joseph Bamidele Awotunde (University of Iliorin, Iliorin, Nigeria), Oluwatobi Oluwaseyi Banjo (Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Nigeria), Ezekiel Adebayo Ogundepo (Data Science Nigeria, Nigeria), Nureni Olawale Adeboye (Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Nigeria)
Article 7
Semantic Pattern Detection in COVID-19 Using Contextual Clustering and Intelligent Topic Modeling (pages 1-17)
Pooja Kherwa (Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology, Delhi, India), Poonam Bansal (Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology, Delhi, India)
Issue 3
Issue 4
Special Issue on the Use of Blockchain Technology in Healthcare
Guest Editorial Preface
Bipin Kumar Rai (ABES Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad, India), Gautam Kumar (CMR Engineering College (Autonomous), Hyderabad, India), Jabar H. Yousif (Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, Sohar University, Oman), Ahmed J. Obaid (Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Kufa, Iraq)
Article 30
Real-Time Surveillance System for Detection of Social Distancing (pages 1-13)
Kanojia Sindhuben Babulal (Department of Computer Science and Technology, Central University of Jharkhand, India), Amit Kumar Das (Department of Computer Science and Technology, Central University of Jharkhand, India), Pushpendra Kumar (Department of Computer Science and Technology, Central University of Jharkhand, India), Dharmendra Singh Rajput (School of Information Technology and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, India), Afroj Alam (Department of Computer Science, Bakhtar University, Afghanistan), Ahmed J. Obaid (Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Kufa, Iraq)
Article 36
Simulation of the Lightweight Blockchain Technique Based on Privacy and Security for Healthcare Data for the Cloud System (pages 1-15)
Preeti Rani (SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India), Sonia Verma (SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India), Satya Prakash Yadav (GL Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, India), Bipin Kumar Rai (ABES Institute of Technology, India), Mahaveer Singh Naruka (G.L. Bajaj Institute of Management and Technology, India), Devendra Kumar (Wachemo University, Ethiopia)
Article 37
The Terahertz Channel Modeling in Internet of Multimedia Design In-Body Antenna (pages 1-17)
Bokang Francis Maphathe (University of Johannesburg, South Africa), Prabhat Thakur (University of Johannesburg, South Africa & Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International University (Deemed), Pune, India), Ghanshyam Singh (University of Johannesburg, South Africa), Hashimu E. Iddi (University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
Article 38
Blockchain-Enabled Electronic Health Records for Healthcare 4.0 (pages 1-13)
Bipin Kumar Rai (ABES Institute of Technology, India)
Article 39
Patient-Centric Multichain Healthcare Record (pages 1-14)
Bipin Kumar Rai (ABES Institute of Technology, India), Sumrah Fatima (ABES Institute of Technology, India), Kumar Satyarth (ABES Institute of Technology, India)
Article 40
Categorical Data Clustering Using Harmony Search Algorithm for Healthcare Datasets (pages 1-15)
Abha Sharma (University Institute of Computing, Chandigarh University, Chandigarh, India), Pushpendra Kumar (Department of Computer Science and Technology, Central University of Jharkhand, India), Kanojia Sindhuben Babulal (Department of Computer Science and Technology, Central University of Jharkhand, India), Ahmed J. Obaid (Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Kufa, Iraq), Harshita Patel (School of Information Technology and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, India)
Article 91
Clustering-Based Recommendation System for Preliminary Disease Detection (pages 1-14)
Gourav Jain (Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India), Tripti Mahara (Christ University, India), S. C. Sharma (Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India), Om Prakash Verma (Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India), Tarun Sharma (Shobhit University, Gangoh, India)
Issue 5
Article 12
Epidemic Healthcare Kiosk: A Social Economic Remote Solution Using IoT (pages 1-16)
D. J. Jagannath (Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, India), D. Raveena Judie Dolly (Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, India), J. Dinesh Peter (Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, India)
Article 30
A Comprehensive Survey on Quantum Machine Learning and Possible Applications (pages 1-17)
Muhammad Junaid Umer (Department of CS, Comsats University Islamabad, Wah, Pakistan), Muhammad Imran Sharif (Comsats University Islamabad, Wah, Pakistan)
Article 31
EEG Forecasting With Univariate and Multivariate Time Series Using Windowing and Baseline Method (pages 1-13)
Thara D. K. (Department of ISE, Channabasaveshwara Institute of Technology, Visvesvaraya Technological University, India), Premasudha B. G. (Department of MCA, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, India), Murthy T. V. (Siddaganga Hospital and Research Center, India), Syed Ahmad Chan Bukhari (Collins College of Professional Studies, St. Johns University, USA)
Volume 12 (2021)
Issue 1
Article 1
Rummage of Machine Learning Algorithms in Cancer Diagnosis (pages 1-15)
Prashant Johri (SCSE, Galgotia's University, Greater Noida, India), Vivek sen Saxena (INMANTEC Institutions, Ghaziabad, India), Avneesh Kumar (SCSE, Galgotia's University, Greater Noida, India)
Article 2
Data Mining of MR Technical Parameters: A Case Study for SAR in a Large-Scale MR Repository (pages 16-33)
Adriana Murraças (University of Aveiro, Portugal), Paula Maria Vaz Martins (School of Health Sciences, University of Aveiro, Portugal), Carlos Daniel Cipriani Ferreira (Perspectum Diagnostics, Ltd, Oxford, UK & Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Portugal), Tiago Marques Godinho (University of Aveiro, Portugal), Augusto Marques Ferreira da Silva (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Article 3
Cascaded Dilated Deep Residual Network for Volumetric Liver Segmentation From CT Image (pages 34-45)
Gajendra Kumar Mourya (North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India), Manashjit Gogoi (North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India), S. N. Talbar (Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded, India), Prasad Vilas Dutande (Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded, India), Ujjwal Baid (Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded, India)
Article 4
Brain State Intelligence and Cognitive Health Through EEG Date Modeling (pages 46-61)
Hong Lin (University of Houston-Downtown, USA), Jonathan Garza (University of Houston-Downtown, USA), Gregor Schreiber (Chevron-Phillips Chemical Company, USA), Minghao Yang (University of Houston-Downtown, USA), Yunwei Cui (Towson University, USA)
Article 5
Human Fall Detection Using Efficient Kernel and Eccentric Approach (pages 62-80)
Rashmi Shrivastava (NIT, Raipur, India), Manju Pandey (NIT, Raipur, India)
Article 6
fMRI Feature Extraction Model for ADHD Classification Using Convolutional Neural Network (pages 81-105)
Senuri De Silva (University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka), Sanuwani Udara Dayarathna (University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka), Gangani Ariyarathne (University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka), Dulani Meedeniya (University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka), Sampath Jayarathna (Old Dominion University, USA)
Issue 2
Special Issue on Smart E-Health and Medical Communications in the Era of Healthcare 4.0
Guest Editorial Preface
Sudeep Tanwar (Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India), Neeraj Kumar (Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, India), Zdzislaw Polkowski (Jan Wyzykowski University, Polkowice, Poland), Jafar Alzubi (Al-Balqa Applied University, Jordan & Wake Forest University, USA), Deepak Kumar Jain (Institute of Automation, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China)
Article 1
SLAMMP Framework for Cloud Resource Management and Its Impact on Healthcare Computational Techniques (pages 1-31)
Vivek Kumar Prasad (Nirma University, India), Madhuri D. Bhavsar (Nirma University, India)
Article 2
Artificial Bee Colony and Deep Neural Network-Based Diagnostic Model for Improving the Prediction Accuracy of Diabetes (pages 32-50)
Anand Kumar Srivastava (ABES Engineering College, Ghaziabad, India & Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, India), Yugal Kumar (Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, India), Pradeep Kumar Singh (Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, India)
Article 3
Lung Tumor Segmentation Using Marker-Controlled Watershed and Support Vector Machine (pages 51-64)
Surbhi Vijh (ASET, Amity University, Noida, India), Rituparna Sarma (KIET Group of Institutions, India), Sumit Kumar (Amity University, Noida, India)
Article 4
Prediction of Environmental Pollution Using Hybrid PSO-K-Means Approach (pages 65-76)
Manish Mahajan (Graphic Era University (Deemed), India), Santosh Kumar (Graphic Era University (Deemed), India), Bhasker Pant (Graphic Era University (Deemed), India)
Article 5
RMAC: Customised MAC Protocol for Roundabout Management Using VANET for Coperative Driving (pages 77-92)
Hitender Vats (ITM University Gwalior, India), Ranjeet Singh Tomar (ITM University Gwalior, India)
Article 6
Advanced Object Detection in Bio-Medical X-Ray Images for Anomaly Detection and Recognition (pages 93-110)
Garv Modwel (Amity University, India), Anu Mehra (Amity University, India), Nitin Rakesh (Sharda University, India), K. K. Mishra (MNNIT Allhabad, India)
Issue 3
Article 1
Regulations and Standards Aware Framework for Recording of mHealth App Vulnerabilities (pages 1-16)
Zornitza Prodanoff (University of North Florida, USA), Cynthia White-Williams (University of North Florida, USA), Hongmei Chi (Florida A&M University, USA)
Article 2
Photoplethysmography Heart Rate Monitoring: State-of-the-Art Design (pages 17-37)
Etienne Alain Feukeu (University of Cape Town, South Africa), Simon Winberg (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
Article 3
The Impact of Fractional-Order Control on Blood Pressure Regulation (pages 38-54)
Shaival H. Nagarsheth (Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, India), Shambhu N. Sharma (Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, India)
Article 5
Study of Healthcare Annotation Systems (pages 74-89)
Khalil Chehab (Faculty of Economics and Management, Sfax, Tunisia), Anis Kalboussi (Higher Institute of Computer Science and Management, University of Kairouan, Tunisia), Ahmed Hadj Kacem (Faculty of Economics and Management, Sfax, Tunisia)
Article 6
The Healing Hearts at Home© Mobile Application Usability and Influence on Parental Perceived Stress: A Pilot Study (pages 90-105)
Vanessa Ayer Miller (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA), Jennifer Newcombe (Loma Linda University Health System, USA), Patricia Radovich (Loma Linda University Health System, USA), Flint Johnston (Loma Linda University, USA), Ernesto Medina Jr. (Loma Linda University, USA), Anna Nelson (Loma Linda University, USA)
Issue 4
Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence for eHealth
Guest Editorial Preface
Deepak Gupta (Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, India), Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque (ARMTEC Tecnologia em Robótica, Brazil), Ashish Khanna (Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, India), Oscar Castillo (Tijuana Institute of Technology, Tijuana, Mexico), Sheng-Lung Peng (National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan)
Article 1
Kernel Parameter Tuning to Tweak the Performance of Classifiers for Identification of Heart Diseases (pages 1-16)
Annu Dhankhar (B. M. Institute of Engineering and Technology, Sonepat, India), Sapna Juneja (IMS Engineering College, Ghaziabad, India), Abhinav Juneja (KIET Group of Institutions, Delhi NCR, Ghaziabad, India), Vikram Bali (JSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida, India)
Article 2
Robust and Secure Watermarking for Propagation of Digital Multimedia by Paillier Homomorphic Cryptosystem With Arnold Transformation (pages 17-31)
Namita Agarwal (Jaypee University of Information Technology, India), Pradeep Kumar Singh (Jaypee University of Information Technology, India)
Article 3
An Artificial Intelligence-Based Smart System for Early Glaucoma Recognition Using OCT Images (pages 32-59)
Law Kumar Singh (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Sharda University, Knowledge Park III, Greater Noida, India & Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Hindustan College of Science and Technology, Mathura, India), Pooja (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Sharda University, Knowledge Park III, Greater Noida, India), Hitendra Garg (Department of Computer Engineering and Applications, GLA University, Mathura, India), Munish Khanna (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Hindustan College of Science and Technology, Mathura, India)
Article 4
Performance Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms for Big Data Classification: ML and AI-Based Algorithms for Big Data Analysis (pages 60-75)
Sanjeev Kumar Punia (JIMS Engineering Management Technical Campus, India), Manoj Kumar (School of Computer Science, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, India), Thompson Stephan (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, M. S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore,Noida, India), Ganesh Gopal Deverajan (Galgotias University, India), Rizwan Patan (Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College, India)
Article 5
Application-Specific Discriminant Analysis of Cardiac Anomalies Using Shift-Invariant Wavelet Transform (pages 76-96)
Ritu Singh (Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India), Navin Rajpal (Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India), Rajesh Mehta (Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India)
Article 6
Vocal Folds Analysis for Detection and Classification of Voice Disorder: Detection and Classification of Vocal Fold Polyps (pages 97-119)
Vikas Mittal (National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India), R. K. Sharma (National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India)
Issue 5
Smart IoT and Fog/Edge Computing for Mobile Digital Healthcare: Recent Trends and Future Directions
Guest Editorial Preface
Pradeep Kumar Singh (ABES Engineering College, Ghaziabad, India), Artur Ziviani (National Laboratory for Scientific Computing (LNCC), Brazil), Isabel de la Torre Díez (University of Valladolid, Spain), Po Yang (Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK), Ping Li (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
Article 1
Noise Removal in Lung LDCT Images by Novel Discrete Wavelet-Based Denoising With Adaptive Thresholding Technique (pages 1-15)
Shabana R. Ziyad (Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia), Radha V. (Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, India), Thavavel Vaiyapuri (Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia)
Article 2
A Novel Method for Despeckling of Ultrasound Images Using Cellular Automata-Based Despeckling Filter (pages 16-35)
Ankur Bhardwaj (ASET, Amity University, India), Sanmukh Kaur (Amity University, India), Anand Prakash Shukla (KIET Group of Institutions, India), Manoj Kumar Shukla (Amity University, India)
Article 3
On Performance of Big Data Storage on Cloud Mechanics in Mobile Digital Healthcare (pages 36-49)
Abhilasha Rangra (Jaypee University of Information Technology, India), Vivek Kumar Sehgal (Jaypee University of Information Technology, India)
Article 4
Data Mining-Based Privacy Preservation Technique for Medical Dataset Over Horizontal Partitioned (pages 50-66)
Shivlal Mewada (Govt. Holkar (Model, Autonomous) Science College, Indore, India)
Article 5
Artificial Bee Colony Optimized Deep Neural Network Model for Handling Imbalanced Stroke Data: ABC-DNN for Prediction of Stroke (pages 67-83)
Ajay Dev (SRM University, India), Sanjay Kumar Malik (SRM University, India)
Article 6
Improving Performance During Camera Surveillance by Integration of Edge Detection in IoT System (pages 84-96)
Sonal Beniwal (BPSMV, India), Usha Saini (BPSMV, India), Puneet Garg (J. C. Bose University of Science and Technology, India), Rakesh Kumar Joon (Ganga Institute of Technology and Management, India)
Issue 6
Article 1
Classifier Selection for the Prediction of Dominant Transmission Mode of Coronavirus Within Localities: Predicting COVID-19 Transmission Mode (pages 1-12)
Donald Douglas Atsa'am (University of the Free State, South Africa), Ruth Wario (University of the Free State, South Africa)
Article 1
ADDietCoach: A Personalized Virtual Diet Coach for Alzheimer's Disease (pages 1-18)
Rasha Hendawi (North Dakota State University, USA), Juan Li (North Dakota State University, USA), Shadi Alian (North Dakota State University, USA)
Article 2
EEG-Based Demarcation of Yogic and Non-Yogic Sleep Patterns Using Power Spectral Analysis (pages 1-18)
Basavaraj Hiremath (Center for Medical Electronics and Computing, M.S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India), Natarajan Sriraam (Center for Medical Electronics and Computing, M.S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India), B. R. Purnima (Center for Medical Electronics and Computing, M.S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India), Nithin N. S. (Center for Medical Electronics and Computing, M.S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India), Suresh Babu Venkatasamy (SVYASA University, India), Megha Narayanan (Center for Medical Electronics and Computing, M.S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India)
Article 3
hQChain: Leveraging Towards Blockchain and Queueing Model for Secure Smart Connected Health (pages 1-20)
Pratyusa Mukherjee (KIIT University (Deemed), India), LalBihari Barik (King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia), Chittaranjan Pradhan (KIIT University (Deemed), India), Sudhansu Shekhar Patra (KIIT University (Deemed), India), Rabindra K. Barik (KIIT University (Deemed), India)
Article 4
Semantic Segmentation of Hippocampal Subregions With U-Net Architecture (pages 1-20)
Soraya Nasser (Université Oran 1, Algeria), Moulkheir Naoui (Université Oran 1, Algeria), Ghalem Belalem (Université Oran 1, Algeria), Saïd Mahmoudi (Mons University, Belgium)
Article 5
Performance Evaluation of Different Machine Learning Classification Algorithms for Disease Diagnosis (pages 1-28)
Munder Abdulatef Al-Hashem (Yarmouk University, Jordan), Ali Mohammad Alqudah (Yarmouk University, Jordan), Qasem Qananwah (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
Article 6
ADDietCoach: A Personalized Virtual Diet Coach for Alzheimer's Disease (pages 1-18)
Rasha Hendawi (North Dakota State University, USA), Juan Li (North Dakota State University, USA), Shadi Alian (North Dakota State University, USA)
Article 7
Validation of Performance Homogeneity of Chan-Vese Model on Selected Tumour Cells (pages 1-17)
Justice Kwame Appati (University of Ghana, Ghana), Franklin Iron Badzi (University of Ghana, Ghana), Michael Agbo Tettey Soli (University of Ghana, Ghana), Stephane Jnr Nwolley (Npontu Technology, Ghana), Ismail Wafaa Denwar (University of Ghana, Ghana)
Article 8
An Ensemble Random Forest Algorithm for Privacy Preserving Distributed Medical Data Mining (pages 1-23)
Musavir Hassan (University of Kashmir, India), Muheet Ahmed Butt (University of Kashmir, India), Majid Zaman (University of Kashmir, India)
Article 9
Arrhythmia Detection Using Deep Belief Network Extracted Features From ECG Signals (pages 1-24)
Mahendra Kumar Gourisaria (KIIT University (Deemed), India), Harshvardhan GM (KIIT University (Deemed), India), Rakshit Agrawal (KIIT University (Deemed), India), Sudhansu Shekhar Patra (KIIT University (Deemed), India), Siddharth Swarup Rautaray (KIIT University (Deemed), India), Manjusha Pandey (KIIT University (Deemed), India)
Article 10
EMG-Based Essential Tremor Detection Using PSD Features With Recurrent Feedforward Back Propogation Neural Network (pages 1-16)
Natarajan Sriraam (Center for Medical Electronics and Computing, M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, India)
Article 11
Activity Recognition From Smartphone Data Using WSVM-HMM Classification (pages 1-20)
M'hamed Bilal Abidine (Electronics and Computer Sciences Department, University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB), Algeria), Belkacem Fergani (Electronics and Computer Sciences Department, University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB), Algeria)
Article 12
Automated Glucose Control: A Review (pages 1-18)
Owais Bhat (University of Kashmir, India), Dawood A. Khan (University of Kashmir, India), Rameez Yousuf (University of Kashmir, India)
Article 13
Benefits Measurement of a Plan to Reduce Hypertension in a Healthcare Foundation Using the BCTool (pages 1-19)
Leandro Pereira (ISCTE, Winning LAB, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal), Vânia Patrício (ISCTE, Winning LAB, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal), António Fernandes (ISCTE, Winning LAB, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal), José Santos (ISCTE, Winning LAB, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal), Ricardo Santos (ISCTE, Winning LAB, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal), Carlos Jerónimo (ISCTE, Winning LAB, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal), Francisco Simões (ISCTE, Winning LAB, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal)
Article 85
Artificial Intelligence-Empowered Chatbot for Effective COVID-19 Information Delivery to Older Adults (pages 1-18)
Xin Wang (North Dakota State University, USA), Tianyi Liang (North Dakota State University, USA), Juan Li (North Dakota State University, USA), Souradip Roy (North Dakota State University, USA), Vikram Pandey (North Dakota State University, USA), Yang Du (Valley City State University, USA), Jun Kong (North Dakota State University, USA)
Article 87
Basic Study on Scale-Free Networks and Targeted Antivirus Prophylaxis Supported by Information Communication Tools (pages 1-15)
Isao Nakajima (Seisa University, Japan), Kiyoshi Kurokawa (Health and Global Policy Institute, Japan), Seiji Morita (Tokai University School of Medicine, Japan), Yoshihide Nakagawa (Tokai University School of Medicine, Japan)
Volume 11 (2020)
Issue 1
Article 1
SeFra: A Secure Framework to Manage eHealth Records Using Blockchain Technology (pages 1-16)
Charanya R. (Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India), Saravanaguru R.A.K. (Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India), Aramudhan M. (PKIET, Karaikal, India)
Article 2
Assessment of Reference Architectures and Reference Models for Ambient Assisted Living Systems: Results of a Systematic Literature Review (pages 17-36)
Lina Garcés (Department of Computer Systems, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil), Flavio Oquendo (IRISA - University of South Brittany, Vannes, France), Elisa Yumi Nakagawa (Department of Computer Systems, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil)
Article 3
Vocal Acoustic Analysis: ANN Versos SVM in Classification of Dysphonic Voices and Vocal Cords Paralysis (pages 37-51)
João Paulo Teixeira (Research Centre in Digitalization and Intelligent Robotics (CEDRI) and Applied Management Research Unit (UNIAG), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal), Nuno Alves (Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal), Paula Odete Fernandes (Applied Management Research Unit (UNIAG), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal)
Article 4
Critical Condition Detection Using Lion Hunting Optimizer and SVM Classifier in a Healthcare WBAN (pages 52-68)
Madhumita Kathuria (YMCAUST, Faridabad, India), Sapna Gambhir (YMCAUST, Faridabad, India)
Article 5
Harmonization and Categorization of Metrics and Criteria for Evaluation of Recommender Systems in Healthcare From Dual Perspectives (pages 69-92)
Adekunle Oluseyi Afolabi (University of Eastern Finland, School of Computing, Kuopio, Finland), Pekka Toivanen (University of Eastern Finland, School of Computing, Kuopio, Finland)
Article 6
Human Computer Interaction During Clinical Decision Support With Electronic Health Records Improvement (pages 93-106)
Katerina V. Bolgova (ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, Russia), Sergey V. Kovalchuk (ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, Russia), Marina A. Balakhontceva (ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, Russia), Nadezhda E. Zvartau (National Almazov Medical Research Centre, Saint Petersburg, Russia), Oleg G. Metsker (ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Issue 2
Article 1
Use of Internet of Things With Data Prediction on Healthcare Environments: A Survey (pages 1-19)
Gabriel Souto Fischer (Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - Unisinos, São Leopoldo, Brazil), Rodrigo da Rosa Righi (Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - Unisinos, São Leopoldo Brazil), Vinicius Facco Rodrigues (Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - Unisinos, São Leopoldo, Brazil), Cristiano André da Costa (Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - Unisinos, São Leopoldo, Brazil)
Article 2
Big Data Classification and Internet of Things in Healthcare (pages 20-37)
Amine Rghioui (Research Team in Smart Communications-ERSC–Research Centre E3S, EMI, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco), Jaime Lloret (Integrated Management Coastal Research Institute, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, 46370 Valencia, Spain), Abedlmajid Oumnad (Research Team in Smart Communications-ERSC–Research Centre E3S, EMI, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco)
Article 3
Monitoring Practitioner's Skills in Pure-Tone Audiometry (pages 38-63)
Alexander Kocian (Department of Computer Science, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy), Stefano Chessa (Department of Computer Science, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy), Wilko Grolman (Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands)
Article 4
Respiratory Inductance Plethysmography for Automated Swallowing Detection (pages 64-77)
Eric Tatulli (Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble INP, TIMC-IMAG, La Tronche, France), Julie Fontecave-Jallon (Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble INP, TIMC-IMAG, La Tronche, France), Pascale Calabrese (Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble INP, TIMC-IMAG, La Tronche, France), Pierre-Yves Gumery (Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble INP, TIMC-IMAG, La Tronche, France)
Article 5
Predicting Seminal Quality and its Dependence on Life Style Factors Through Ensemble Learning (pages 78-95)
Satya Ranjan Dash (KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India), Ratula Ray (KIIT, Bhubaneswar, India)
Article 6
Profiling IT Security and Interoperability in Brazilian Health Organisations From a Business Perspective (pages 96-114)
Rui Rijo (Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal), Ricardo Martinho (Polytechnic Institute of Leiria & CINTESIS, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal), Adicinéia Aparecida Oliveira (Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Brazil), Domingos Alves (Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil), Zilma Silveira Nogueira Reis (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil), Cátia Santos-Pereira (HLTSYS – HealthySystems, Porto, Portugal), Manuel E. Correia (DCC/FCUP, CRACS/INESC TEC, University of Porto, Porto Portugal), Luís Filipe Antunes (CRACS INESC-TEc & FCUP & fHLTSYS, Porto Portugal), Ricardo João Cruz-Correia (CINTESIS, University of Porto, Porto Portugal)
Issue 3
Special issue on Security and Privacy in Healthcare 4.0: International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications (IJEHMC)
Guest Editorial Preface
Sudeep Tanwar (Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India), Avimanyou Kumar Vatsa (Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA), Baseem Khan (Hawassa Institute of Technology, Hawassa University, Awasa, Ethiopia), Sudhanshu Tyagi (Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, India), Mayank Singh (Krishna Engineering College, Ghaziabad, India)
Article 1
A Survey on Fatigue Detection of Workers Using Machine Learning (pages 1-8)
Nisha Yadav (JSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida, India), Kakoli Banerjee (JSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida, India), Vikram Bali (JSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida, India)
Article 2
Real-Time Mobile-Phone-Aided Melanoma Skin Lesion Detection Using Triangulation Technique (pages 9-31)
Kumud Tiwari (Amity University, Lucknow, India), Sachin Kumar (Amity University, Lucknow, India), R. K. Tiwari (Department of Physics and Electronics, Dr. RML Avadh University, Faizabad, India)
Article 3
A Rule-Based Monitoring System for Accurate Prediction of Diabetes: Monitoring System for Diabetes (pages 32-53)
Anand Kumar Srivastava (ABES Engineering College, India), Yugal Kumar (Jaypee University of Information Technology, India), Pradeep Kumar Singh (Jaypee University of Information Technology, India)
Article 4
Monitoring IaaS Cloud for Healthcare Systems: Healthcare Information Management and Cloud Resources Utilization (pages 54-70)
Vivek Kumar Prasad (Nirma University, India), Madhuri D. Bhavsar (Nirma University, India)
Article 5
Brain Tumor Detection Based on Multilevel 2D Histogram Image Segmentation Using DEWO Optimization Algorithm (pages 71-85)
Sumit Kumar (Amity University, India), Garima Vig (Amity University, India), Sapna Varshney (University of Delhi, India), Priti Bansal (Netaji Subhas University of Technology, India)
Article 6
Qualitative Analysis of 3D Routing Algorithms in 3×3×3 Mesh NoC Topology Under Varying Load in Bio-SoC (pages 86-102)
Nidhi Syal (Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun, India), Vivek Kumar Sehgal (Jaypee University of Information Technology, India)
Issue 4
Article 1
Opportunities and Challenges of Using Mobile Applications for Workplace Health Promotion: A Qualitative Study (pages 1-16)
Maren Junker (Technical University of Munich, Germany), Markus Böhm (Technical University of Munich, Germany), Frederik Edwards (Technical University of Munich, Germany), Helmut Krcmar (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
Article 2
Computer-Assisted Analysis of Human Semen Concentration and Motility (pages 17-33)
Karima Boumaza (Université des Sciences et de la Technologie d'Oran, Algeria), Abdelhamid Loukil (Université des Sciences et de la Technologie d'Oran, Algeria)
Article 3
A Comparative Policy Analysis in the E-Health Industry Between China and the USA (pages 34-49)
Xiang Ma (Institute of Science Studies and S&T Management, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China), Kun Ding (Institute of Science Studies and S&T Management, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China), Joseph Z. Shyu (Institute of Science Studies and S&T Management, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China & Research Center for Technological Innovation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
Article 4
End Users' Initial Perceptions of mHealth in Nigeria: An Investigation of Primary Healthcare Workers' Attitudes to the IMPACT App (pages 50-64)
Grace Fox (Irish Institute of Digital Business, Dublin City University, Ireland), Yvonne O'Connor (University College Cork, Ireland), Emmanuel Eze (University College Cork, Ireland), Edmund Onyemaechi Ndibuagu (Department of Community Medicine and Primary Health Care, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Nigeria), Ciara Heavin (University College Cork, Ireland)
Article 5
Single-Channel Region-Based Speller for Controlling Home Appliances (pages 65-89)
Praveen Kumar Shukla (National Institute of Technology, Raipur, India), Rahul Kumar Chaurasiya (Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India), Shrish Verma (National Institute of Technology, Raipur, India)
Article 6
Using Tablets to Collect Breast Cancer Risk Information in an Underserved Population (pages 90-104)
Arash Naeim (David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, USA), Zhuoer Xie (David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, USA), Liliana Johansen (David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, USA), Neil S. Wenger (David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, USA), David Elashoff (David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, USA), Antonia Petruse (David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, USA), Guita Rahbar (Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, USA)
Volume 10 (2019)
Issue 1
Article 1
DICOM Metadata Analysis for Population Studies (pages 1-17)
Milton Rodrigues dos Santos (Health Sciences School, IEETA, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal), Luis Bastião Silva (BMD Software, Lda, Aveiro, Portugal), Augusto Silva (Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, IEETA, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal), Nelson Pacheco Rocha (Department of Medical Sciences, IEETA, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal)
Article 2
An Adaptive Algorithm for Detection of Exudates Based on Localized Properties of Fundus Images (pages 18-37)
Katha Chanda (College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA), Ashish Issac (Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Amity University, Noida, India), Malay Kishore Dutta (Center for Advanced Studies, Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, India)
Article 3
GIS Based Health Information Management through LETL, Multi Criteria Query, Analysis, Visualization (pages 38-54)
Sunitha Abburu (Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India)
Article 4
A Migration Methodology from Legacy to New Electronic Health Record based OpenEHR (pages 55-75)
Fadoua Khennou (TTI Laboratory, Higher School of Technology, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco), Nour El Houda Chaoui (TTI Laboratory, Higher School of Technology, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco), Youness Idrissi Khamlichi (REIS Laboratory, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco)
Article 5
Fast Health Interoperability Resources (FHIR): Current Status in the Healthcare System (pages 76-93)
Rishi Kanth Saripalle (Illinois State University Normal, USA)
Article 6
Exploring Early Adopter Baby Boomers' Approach to Managing Their Health and Healthcare (pages 94-117)
Deborah E Seale (Des Moines University, Des Moines, USA), Cynthia M LeRouge (Florida International University, Miami, USA), Jennifer E Ohs (Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, USA), Donghua Tao (Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, USA), Helen W. Lach (Saint Louis University, School of Nursing, Saint Louis, USA), Keri Jupka (National Center for Parents as Teachers, Saint Louis, USA), Ricardo Wray (Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, USA)
Issue 2
Article 1
Performance Analysis of Compression Techniques for Chronic Wound Image Transmission Under Smartphone-Enabled Tele-Wound Network (pages 1-20)
Chinmay Chakraborty (Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Jharkhand, India)
Article 2
Retinal Blood Vessel Extraction From Fundus Images Using Improved Otsu Method (pages 21-43)
Jyotiprava Dash (Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Odisha, India), Nilamani Bhoi (Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Odisha, India)
Article 3
Identity Concealment When Uploading Pictures of Patients in a Tele-Medicine System (pages 44-62)
Judith Jumig Azcarraga (De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines), John Zachary Raduban (National Telehealth Center, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines), Ma. Christine Gendrano (De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines), Arnulfo P. Azcarraga (De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines)
Article 4
Healthcare: Prediction of Breast Cancer Stage Using Social Spider-Inspired Optimization Algorithm (pages 63-85)
Ramani Selvanambi (VIT University, Vellore, India), Jaisankar N. (VIT University, Vellore, India)
Article 5
Comparative Performance Analysis of Various Classifiers for Cloud E-Health Users (pages 86-101)
T. MuthamilSelvan (School of Information Technology & Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, India), B. Balamurugan (School of Information Technology & Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, India)
Article 6
A Novel Performance Enhancing Task Scheduling Algorithm for Cloud-Based E-Health Environment (pages 102-117)
Vijayakumar Pandi (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University College of Engineering Tindivanam, Tindivanam, India), Pandiaraja Perumal (Department of Computer Science and Engineering,M.Kumarasamy College of Engineering, Thalavapalayam, India), Balamurugan Balusamy (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, India), Marimuthu Karuppiah (School of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India)
Issue 3
Article 1
Mobile Health to Support Ageing in Place: A Systematic Review of Reviews and Meta-Analyses (pages 1-21)
Nelson Pacheco Rocha (Department of Medical Sciences, IEETA, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal), Milton Rodrigues dos Santos (Health Sciences School, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal), Margarida Cerqueira (University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal), Alexandra Queirós (Health Sciences School, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal)
Article 2
A Cloud-Based Smartphone Solution for Transmitting Bio-Signals From an Emergency Response Vehicle (pages 22-38)
Adwitiya Mukhopadhyay (Department of Computer Science, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysuru, India), Sidharth Sreekumar (Department of Computer Science, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysuru, India), Bobin Xavier (Department of Computer Science, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysuru, India), Suraj M (Department of Computer Science, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysuru, India)
Article 3
An Improved Retinal Blood Vessel Detection System Using an Extreme Learning Machine (pages 39-55)
Lucas S Sousa (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Computação do IFCE, Fortaleza, Brazil), Pedro P Rebouças Filho (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Computação do IFCE, Fortaleza, Brazil), Francisco Nivando Bezerra (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Computação do IFCE, Fortaleza, Brazil), Ajalmar R Rocha Neto (Instituto Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil), Saulo A. F. Oliveira (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Telecomunicações do IFCE, Fortaleza, Brazil)
Article 4
Fuzzy Logic-Based Predictive Model for the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (pages 56-78)
Peter Adebayo Idowu (Obafemi Awolowo University Nigeria, Ife, Nigeria), Jeremiah Ademola Balogiun (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Nigeria)
Article 5
Diagnostic Assessment Techniques and Non-Invasive Biomarkers for Autism Spectrum Disorder (pages 79-95)
Tanu (Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India), Deepti Kakkar (Dr B R Ambedkar National institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India)
Article 6
Impact of Privacy Issues on Successful Implementation of Personalized Medicare System: An Empirical Study (pages 96-115)
Sandip Bisui (Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Kanpur), Kanpur, India), Subhas C. Misra (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India)
Issue 4
Special Issue on Emerging Technologies for Security and Authentication of Electronic Health Record (EHR): Opportunities and Challenges
Guest Editorial Preface
Shabir A. Parah (Post Graduate Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Technology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India), Irfan Mahmood (Department of Computer Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul, Republic of Korea), Mohammad Sajjad (Department of Computer Science, Islamia College University, Peshawar, Pakistan)
Article 1
Simulating Light-Weight-Cryptography Implementation for IoT Healthcare Data Security Applications (pages 1-15)
Norah Alassaf (Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia), Adnan Gutub (Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia)
Article 2
Secure Framework for Internet of Things Based e-Health System (pages 16-29)
Adil Bashir (Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Srinagar., Srinagar, India), Ajaz Hussain Mir (Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Srinagar., Srinagar, India)
Article 3
A Discrete Wavelet Based Watermarking Scheme for Authentication of Medical Images (pages 30-38)
Kaiser J. Giri (Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora, India), Rumaan Bashir (Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora, India), Javaid Iqbal Bhat (Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora, India)
Article 4
Experimental Evaluation of a Secure and Ubiquitous Architecture for Electronic Health Records Retrieval (pages 39-53)
Silvio E. Quincozes (Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Brazil), Juliano F. Kazienko (Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Brazil)
Article 5
Cloud Storage Privacy in Health Care Systems Based on IP and Geo-Location Validation Using K-Mean Clustering Technique (pages 54-65)
Mamoon Rashid (Punjabi University, Patiala. Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, India), Harjeet Singh (Department of Computer Science, Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh Sahib, India), Vishal Goyal (Department of Computer Science, Punjabi University, Patiala, India)
Article 6
A Data Driven Multi-Layer Framework of Pervasive Information Computing System for eHealthcare (pages 66-85)
Vivek Tiwari (IIIT-NR, Raipur, India), Basant Tiwari (Hawassa University Institute of Technology, Awasa, Ethiopia)
Volume 9 (2018)
Issue 1
Special Issue on Enabling Infrastructures and Algorithms for e-Health Applications
Guest Editorial Preface
Petar Šolić (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Naval Architecture (FESB), University of Split, Split, Croatia), Luigi Patrono (IDALab, Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy), Katarina Vukojević (Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, University of Split, Split, Croatia), Mario Cvetković (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Naval Architecture (FESB), University of Split, Split, Croatia)
Article 1
Technological Trends for 5G Networks Influence of E-Health and IoT Applications (pages 1-22)
Jose Marcos C. Brito (National Institute of Telecommunications (Inatel), Santa Rita do Sapucai, Brazil)
Article 2
Smartwatch as an Assistive Technology: Tracking System for Detecting Irregular User Movement (pages 23-34)
Marin Vuković (University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia), Željka Car (University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia), Jasmina Ivšac Pavlisa (Speech and Language Pathology Department, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia), Lidija Mandić (University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Article 3
A Comparative Study of FFT, DCT, and DWT for Efficient Arrhytmia Classification in RP-RF Framework (pages 35-49)
Tea Marasović (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Naval Architecture (FESB), University of Split, Split, Croatia), Vladan Papić (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Naval Architecture (FESB), University of Split, Split, Croatia)
Article 4
Supporting Students' Mental Health and Academic Success Through Mobile App and IoT (pages 50-64)
Karolina Baras (Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (M-ITI), University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal), Luísa Soares (Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (M-ITI), University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal), Carla Vale Lucas (Psychological Counselling Service, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal), Filipa Oliveira (Psychological Counselling Service, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal), Norberto Pinto Paulo (University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal), Regina Barros (University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal)
Article 5
Integral Equation Formulations and Related Numerical Solution Methods in Some Biomedical Applications of Electromagnetic Fields: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Nerve Fiber Stimulation (pages 65-84)
Dragan Poljak (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FESB), University of Split, Split, Croatia), Mario Cvetković (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FESB), University of Split, Split, Croatia), Vicko Dorić (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FESB), University of Split, Split, Croatia), Ivana Zulim (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FESB), University of Split, Split, Croatia), Zoran Đogaš (School of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia), Maja Rogić Vidaković (School of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia), Jens Haueisen (Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany), Khalil El Khamlichi Drissi (Blaise Pascal University, Clermont-Ferrand, France)
Issue 2
Article 1
Image Processing Based Colorectal Cancer Detection in Histopathological Images (pages 1-18)
Anamika Banwari (Amity University, Noida, India), Namita Sengar (Amity University, Noida, India), Malay Kishore Dutta (Amity University, Noida, India)
Article 2
Reliable and Efficient Data Communication Protocol for WBAN-Based Healthcare Systems (pages 19-37)
Nawel Yessad (Faculty of Exact Sciences, University of Bejaia, Bejaia, Algeria), Mawloud Omar (Faculty of Exact Sciences, University of Bejaia, Bejaia, Algeria)
Article 3
Temperature-Aware Routing Using Secondary Sink in Wireless Body Area Sensor Network (pages 38-58)
Sweta Jain (Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India), Anurag Singh (Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India)
Article 4
Health Searching Behaviour of Citizens From Countries in the Middle East and North African Region (pages 59-73)
Anushia Inthiran (School of Accounting and Information Systems, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand), Saadat M. Alhashmi (School of Business, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates), Pervaiz K. Ahmed (School of Business, Monash University Malaysia, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia)
Article 5
The Creation of Users: A Learning Experience in Information System Development (pages 74-88)
Jan Aidemark (Linnaeus University, Vaxjo, Sweden), Linda Askenäs (Linnaeus Unversity, Vaxjo, Sweden)
Issue 3
Article 1
Improving Global Health With Smartphone Technology: A Decade in Review of mHealth Initiatives (pages 1-19)
Swateja Nimkar (University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, USA), Erin Elysia Gilles (University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, USA)
Article 2
Challenges and Opportunities of Health Information Exchange (HIE) From Health Consumers' Perspective (pages 20-42)
Pouyan Esmaeilzadeh (Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics, College of Business, Florida International University, Miami, USA)
Article 3
Data Analysis in Radiotherapy Treatments: Planning, Predicting, and Assuring Treatment Quality (pages 43-61)
Ana Anacleto (Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal), Joana Dias (Inesc-Coimbra, CeBER, Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal)
Article 4
Evaluation of Telemedicine Systems User Satisfaction in Developing Countries: The Case of Mali and Senegal (pages 62-78)
Thierry Edoh (Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany), Pravin Amrut Pawar (Philips India Ltd., Bangalore, India), Ahmed Dooguy Kora (Ecole Superieure Multinationale de Telecommunications, Dakar Liberté, Senegal)
Article 5
Sensor Based Smart Real Time Monitoring of Patients Conditions Using Wireless Protocol (pages 79-99)
Jegan R. (Karunya University, Coimbatore, India), Nimi W.S. (REC, Coimbatore, India)
Issue 4
Special Issue of Biomedical Engineering (HSST)
Guest Editorial Preface
Wai Chi Fang (Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan), Tai-Hoon Kim (Convergence Security Engineering, APAIS, Seoul, South Korea), Sabah Mohammed (Department of Computer Science, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada), Mincong Tang (ICIR, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China)
Article 1
A Randomized Controlled Trial on Posture Improvement and Trunk Muscle Strength by Round Shoulder Posture Improvement Exercise (pages 1-10)
Eunsang Lee (Graduate School of Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea), Won-je Choi (Graduate School of Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea), Dae-in Jung (Gwangju Health University, Gwangju, Korea), Seungwon Lee (Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea)
Article 2
Nursing Students' Perception of Medical Information Protection in Hospitals (pages 11-19)
Hyeon-Cheol Jeong (Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea)
Article 3
Implications for Poor Public Healthcare System of South Korea Revealed in MERS Outbreak (pages 20-28)
MyungHee Kim (Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea)
Article 4
The Effects of Multicultural Adolescents' Trauma and Hopelessness on Problem Behaviors in South Korea (pages 29-39)
Kyungsook Kim (Department of Nursing, Namseoul University, Cheonan, Korea), Min-Jung Kim (Department of Child Welfare, Namseoul University, Cheonan, Korea), Minkyeong Kim (Department of Child Welfare, Namseoul University, Cheonan, Korea), Sejin Ju (Department of Nursing, Namseoul University, Cheonan, Korea), Eun-Jee Song (Department of Compute Science, Namseoul University, Cheonan, Korea)
Volume 8 (2017)
Issue 1
Article 1
Investigation on Healthcare Monitoring Systems: Innovative Services and Applications (pages 1-18)
Audace Manirabona (University of Burundi, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Bujumbura, Burundi), Lamia Chaari Fourati (University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia), Saâdi Boudjit (University of Paris 13, Villetaneuse, France)
Article 2
Beyond Digital Human Body Atlases: Segmenting an Integrated 3D Topological Model of the Human Body (pages 19-36)
Antonio Barbeito (School of Technology and Management of Agueda, University of Aveiro, Agueda, Portugal), Marco Painho (NOVA IMS, New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal), Pedro Cabral (NOVA IMS, New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal), João Goyri O'Neill (NOVA Medical School, New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal)
Article 3
REDAlert+: Medical/Fire Emergency and Warning System using Android Devices (pages 37-51)
Arjun Shakdher (Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, India), Kavita Pandey (Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, India)
Article 4
Self-Management of Diabetes Mellitus with Remote Monitoring: A Retrospective Review of 214 Cases (pages 52-61)
Hayat Mushcab (Ulster University, Newtownabbey, UK), William George Kernohan (Ulster University, Newtownabbey, UK), Jonathan Wallace (Ulster University, Newtownabbey, UK), Roy Harper (Ulster Hospital, Belfast, UK), Suzanne Martin (Ulster University, Newtownabbey, UK)
Issue 2
Article 1
The Cloud Gets Personal: Perspectives on Cloud Computing for Personalized Medicine (pages 1-17)
Rhoda Joseph (Penn State University, Middletown, PA, USA), Patrick Brown (Thermo Scientific NanoDrop Products, Wilmington, DE, USA)
Article 2
Impact of Facebook Ads for Sexual Health Promotion Via an Educational Web App: A Case Study (pages 18-32)
Elia Gabarron (Norwegian Centre for E-health Research, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway & Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway), Luis Fernandez Luque (Salumedia Tecnologias, Dos Hermanas, Spain & NORUT, Northern Research Institute, Tromsø, Norway), Thomas Roger Schopf (Norwegian Centre for E-health Research, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway), Annie Y.S. Lau (Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia), Manuel Armayones (Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain & PSINET, Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain), Rolf Wynn (Department of Clinical Medicine, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway & Division of Mental Health and Addictions, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway), J. Artur Serrano (Norwegian Centre for E-health Research, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway & Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway)
Article 3
Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Diagnosis Using Hierarchical Clustering Algorithm and K-Nearest Neighbor Based Methodology (pages 33-46)
Divya Anand (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India), Babita Pandey (Department of Computer Applications, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India), Devendra K. Pandey (Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India)
Article 4
Automatic Quantification of Abbreviations in Medicine Package Leaflets and Their Comprehension Assessment (pages 47-64)
Carla Pires (Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal), Fernando Martins (School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal), Afonso Cavaco (Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal), Marina Vigário (School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal)
Issue 3
Article 1
A Review on the Contribution of Emergency Department Simulation Studies in Reducing Wait Time (pages 1-21)
Basmah Almoaber (University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada &King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia), Daniel Amyot (University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada)
Article 2
Categorize Readmitted Patients in Intensive Medicine by Means of Clustering Data Mining (pages 22-37)
Rui Veloso (University of Minho, Braga, Portugal), Filipe Portela (University of Minho, Braga, Portugal), Manuel Filipe Santos (University of Minho, Braga, Portugal), José Machado (CCT, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal), António da Silva Abelha (University of Minho, Braga, Portugal), Fernando Rua (Intensive Care Unit, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal), Álvaro Silva (Intensive Care Unit, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal)
Article 3
A Reversible Data Hiding Scheme for Efficient Management of Tele-Ophthalmological Data (pages 38-54)
Abhilasha Singh (School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University, Noida, India), Malay Kishore Dutta (School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University, Noida, India)
Article 4
Egocentric Landmark-Based Indoor Guidance System for the Visually Impaired (pages 55-69)
Zhuorui Yang (Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA), Aura Ganz (Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA)
Article 5
A Proxy-Based Solution for Asynchronous Telemedical Systems (pages 70-83)
Sampsa Rauti (University of Turku, Turku, Finland), Janne Lahtiranta (University of Turku, Turku, Finland), Heidi Parisod (University of Turku, Turku, Finland), Sami Hyrynsalmi (Tampere University of Technology, Pori, Finland), Sanna Salanterä (University of Turku, Turku, Finland), Minna Elisabeth Aromaa (University of Turku, Turku, Finland), Jouni Smed (University of Turku, Turku, Finland), Ville Leppänen (Department of Information Technology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland)
Issue 4
Article 1
Guided Test Case Generation for Enhanced ECG Bio-Sensors Functional Verification (pages 1-20)
Hussam Al Hamadi (Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Amjad Gawanmeh (Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Mahmoud Al-Qutayri (Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
Article 2
CARMIE: A Conversational Medication Assistant for Heart Failure (pages 21-37)
Joana Lobo (Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS, Porto, Portugal), Liliana Ferreira (Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS, Porto, Portugal), Aníbal JS Ferreira (University of Porto, Porto, Portugal)
Article 3
Application of Machine Learning Algorithms to a Well Defined Clinical Problem: Liver Disease (pages 38-60)
Sakshi Takkar (Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India), Aman Singh (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India), Babita Pandey (Department of Computer Applications, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India)
Article 4
Towards a Telehomecare in Algeria: Case of Diabetes Measurement and Remote Monitoring (pages 61-80)
Karim Zarour (LIRE Laboratory, Department of Software Technologies and Information Systems, Faculty of New Technologies of Information and Communication, University Constantine 2, Constantine, Algeria)
Article 5
A Novel Hierarchical Group-Based Overlay Healthcare Network (pages 81-102)
Foteini Andriopoulou (University of Patras, Patras, Greece), Konstantinos Birkos (University of Patras, Patras, Greece), Dimitrios Lymberopoulos (University of Patras, Patras, Greece)
Volume 7 (2016)
Issue 1
Article 1
Applications of Intelligent Agents in Health Sector-A Review (pages 1-30)
Suresh Sankaranarayanan (SRM University, Chennai, India), Subramaniam Ganesan (Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA)
Article 2
The Unified Model for Acceptance and Use of Health Information on Online Social Networks: Evidence from Thailand (pages 31-47)
Waransanang Boontarig (King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand), Borworn Papasratorn (King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand), Wichian Chutimaskul (King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand)
Article 3
Integrated Smart TV-Based Personal e-Health System (pages 48-64)
Laura Raffaeli (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy), Susanna Spinsante (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy), Ennio Gambi (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy)
Article 4
Diagnosis of Breast Cancer Using Intelligent Information Systems Techniques (pages 65-75)
Ahmad Al-Khasawneh (Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan)
Article 5
Chronic Wound Characterization using Bayesian Classifier under Telemedicine Framework (pages 76-93)
Chinmay Chakraborty (Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Jharkhand, India), Bharat Gupta (Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Jharkhand, India), Soumya K. Ghosh (School of Information Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India)
Issue 2
Article 1
Survey of Security Challenges in NFC and RFID for E-Health Applications (pages 1-13)
Zornitza Genova Prodanoff (School of Computing, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA), Edward L. Jones (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, FL, USA), Hongmei Chi (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, FL, USA), Sherif Elfayoumy (University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA), Cynthia Cummings (University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA)
Article 2
Hierarchy Similarity Analyser-An Approach to Securely Share Electronic Health Records (pages 14-29)
Shalini Bhartiya (IITM, New Delhi, India), Deepti Mehrotra (Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India), Anup Girdhar (Sedulity Groups, New Delhi, India)
Article 3
Feasibility of Large Scale Implementation of Personalized Medicine in the Current Scenario (pages 30-49)
Subhas C. Misra (Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India), Sandip Bisui (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India)
Article 4
Content Elements for Web-Based Health Promotion (pages 50-69)
Marwan Noman (Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia), Ah Choo Koo (Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia), Sim Hui Tee (Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia)
Issue 3
Article 1
Identifying Critical Changes in Adoption of Personalized Medicine (PM) in Healthcare Management (pages 1-15)
Subhas C. Misra (IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India), Sandip Bisui (IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India), Kamel Fantazy (University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Canada)
Article 2
Human-Factor-Based Risk Management in the Healthcare to Improve Patient Safety (pages 16-28)
Barbara Streimelweger (University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland), Katarzyna Wac (University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland), Wolfgang Seiringer (Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria)
Article 3
Users' Satisfaction with the Electronic Health Record (EHR) in the Kingdom of Bahrain (pages 29-51)
Aysha Ebrahim Abdulla (College of Information Technology, University of Bahrain, Sakeer, Kingdom of Bahrain), Shurooq Yousif Ahmed (College of Information Technology, University of Bahrain, Sakeer, Kingdom of Bahrain), Maryam Abdulrahman Alnoaimi (College of Information Technology, University of Bahrain, Sakeer, Kingdom of Bahrain), Hayat Ali (College of Information Technology, University of Bahrain, Sakeer, Kingdom of Bahrain)
Article 4
The Influence of National Factors on Transferring and Adopting Telemedicine Technology: Perspectives of Chief Information Officers (pages 52-65)
Fariba Latifi (Lakehead University, Toronto, Canada), Somayeh Alizadeh (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia)
Issue 4
Article 1
Biometric Secured Electronic Health Record (pages 1-27)
Suresh Sankaranarayanan (Department of Information Technology, SRM University, Chennai, India), Vigneshwaran Udayasuriyan (Department of Information Technology, SRM University, Chennai, India)
Article 2
An Efficient and Lossless Cryptosystem for Security in Tele-Ophthalmology Applications Using Chaotic Theory (pages 28-47)
Garima Mehta (Amity University, Noida, India), Malay Kishore Dutta (Amity University, Noida, India), Pyung Soo Kim (Korea Polytechnic University, Siheung, South Korea)
Article 3
Hospital Service Quality from Patients Perspective: A Case of Indonesia (pages 48-61)
Puspa Sandhyaduhita (Faculty of Computer Science, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia), Haya Rizqi Fajrina (Faculty of Computer Science, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia), Ave Adriana Pinem (Faculty of Computer Science, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia), Achmad Nizar Hidayanto (Faculty of Computer Science, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia), Putu Handayani (Faculty of Computer Science, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia), Kasiyah Junus (Faculty of Computer Science, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia)
Article 4
Collaborative Environment for Remote Clinical Reasoning Learning (pages 62-81)
Mohamed Abderraouf Ferradji (LaSTIC Laboratory, University of Batna, Batna, Algeria), Abdelmadjid Zidani (LaSTIC Laboratory, University of Batna, Batna, Algeria)
Volume 6 (2015)
Issue 1
Article 1
A Survey of Recent Trends in Wireless Communication Standards, Routing Protocols, and Energy Harvesting Techniques in E-Health Applications (pages 1-21)
Fahimeh Rezaei (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Omaha, NE, USA), Michael Hempel (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Omaha, NE, USA), Hamid Sharif (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Omaha, NE, USA)
Article 2
Healthinfo Engineering: Technology Perspectives from Evidence-Based mHealth Study in WE-CARE Project (pages 22-35)
Anpeng Huang (mHealth Lab, PKU-UCLA Joint Research Institute, Wireless Communication and Signal Processing Lab, State Key Lab of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Peking University, Beijing, China), Linzhen Xie (mHealth Lab, State Key Lab of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Peking University, Beijing, China)
Article 3
Cell Segmentation in Phase Contrast Microscopy by Constrained Optimization (pages 36-47)
Enkhbolor Adiya (Inje University, Gimhae, South Korea), Bouasone Vongphachah (Inje University, Gimhae, South Korea), Alaaddin Al-Shidaifat (Inje University, Gimhae, South Korea), Enkhbat Rentsen (National University of Mongolia, Ulan Bator, Mongolia), Heung-Kook Choi (Inje University, Gimhae, South Korea)
Article 4
Effectiveness of the Serious Game ‘Rejuvenesce Village' in Cognitive Rehabilitation for the Elderly (pages 48-57)
Sung-Jun Park (Department of Game, Hoseo University, Chungnam, South Korea), Hee-Dong Chang (Department of Game, Hoseo University, Chungnam, South Korea), KyungSik Kim (Department of Game, Hoseo University, Chungnam, South Korea)
Article 5
Consumer Demographics and Internet Based Health Information Search in the United States: The Intersectionality of Gender, Race, and Class (pages 58-72)
Allison J. Morgan (Howard University, Washington D.C., USA), Yuvay Meyers Ferguson (Howard University, Washington D.C., USA), Eileen M. Trauth (Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA)
Issue 2
Article 1
ANN based Expert System to Predict Disease in Cardiac Patients at Initial Stages (pages 1-9)
Umer Rashid (Department of Computer Science, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan)
Article 2
Improving Quality of Services in Maternity Care Triage System (pages 10-26)
António Abelha (CCT, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal), Eliana Pereira (University of Minho, Braga, Portugal), Andreia Brandão (University of Minho, Braga, Portugal), Filipe Portela (Algoritmi Centre, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal), Manuel Filipe Santos (Departamento de Sistemas de Informação, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal), José Machado (CCT, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal), Jorge Braga (Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal)
Article 3
Inflammatory Cell Extraction and Nuclei Detection in Pap Smear Images (pages 27-43)
Dwiza Riana (Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia), Marina E. Plissiti (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece), Christophoros Nikou (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece), Dwi H. Widyantoro (Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia), Tati Latifah R. Mengko (Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia), Oemie Kalsoem (Veteran Bandung Laboratory of Pathology, Bandung, Indonesia)
Article 4
Using Theory to Drive Influenza Related Text Messaging Interventions: A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Development of the Theory Based Influenza Related Text Messages Content for Clarity, Internal Consistency, and Content Validity (pages 44-58)
Patricia Wiseman (College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA), Kathie Records (College of Nursing, University of Missouri - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA)
Issue 3
Article 1
Text Mining Applied to Electronic Medical Records: A Literature Review (pages 1-18)
Luís Pereira (School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal), Rui Rijo (School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal), Catarina Silva (School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal), Ricardo Martinho (School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal & Centre for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems (CINTESIS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal)
Article 2
Improving Human Activity Recognition in Smart Homes (pages 19-37)
M'Hamed Bilal Abidine (University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria), Lamya Fergani (University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria), Belkacem Fergani (University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria), Anthony Fleury (Mines Douai, URIA, Douai, France and University of Lille, Lille, France)
Article 3
Node and Hub Data Gathering Architectures for Healthcare Applications based on IEEE 802.15.6 Standard (pages 38-62)
Hadda Ben Elhadj (University of Sfax and National School of Engineers of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia), Lamia Chaari (National School of Engineers of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia), Saadi Boudjit (Laboratoire L2TI, Université Paris 13, Villetaneuse, France), Lotfi Kamoun (National School of Engineers of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia)
Article 4
Tracking Future Path of Consumers' Empowerment in E-Health (pages 63-76)
Muhammad Anshari (Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Continuing Education Centre and E-Government Innovation Centre, Brunei), Mohammad Nabil Almunawar (Universiti Brunei Darussalam, School of Business and Economics, Brunei)
Issue 4
Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence and Assistive Medicine
Guest Editorial Preface
Aldo Franco Dragoni (Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy), Constantine Spyropoulos (NCSR “Demokritos,” Athens, Greece), Paolo Sernani (Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy)
Article 1
Exercise Intensity Forecasting: Application in Elderly Interventions that Promote Active and Healthy Aging (pages 1-19)
Antonis S. Billis (Lab of Medical Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece), Evdokimos I. Konstantinidis (Lab of Medical Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece), Ioanna-Maria Spyrou (Lab of Medical Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece), Panagiotis Antoniou (Lab of Medical Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece), Panagiotis D. Bamidis (Lab of Medical Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece)
Article 2
Towards Multi-Agent Health Information Systems (pages 20-38)
Andrea Claudi (Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, Ancona, Italy), Paolo Sernani (Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, Ancona, Italy), Aldo Franco Dragoni (Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, Ancona, Italy)
Article 3
Automatically Assessing Movement Capabilities through a Sensor-Based Telemonitoring System (pages 39-48)
Felip Miralles (Eurecat, Barcelona, Spain), Eloisa Vargiu (Eurecat, Barcelona, Spain), Eloi Casals (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain), José Alejandro Cordero (Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial - Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain), Stefan Dauwalder (Eurecat, Barcelona, Spain)
Article 4
A Low Cost Pupillometry Approach (pages 49-61)
Sergios Petridis (National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos,” Athens, Greece), Theodoros Giannakopoulos (National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos,” Athens, Greece), Constantine D. Spyropoulos (National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos,” Athens, Greece)
Article 5
Combining Artificial Intelligence and NetMedicine for Ambient Assisted Living: A Distributed BDI-based Expert System (pages 62-76)
Paolo Sernani (Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy), Andrea Claudi (Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy), Aldo Franco Dragoni (Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy)
Article 6
Multi-sensing Monitoring and Knowledge-driven Analysis for Dementia Assessment (pages 77-92)
Thanos G. Stavropoulos (Information Technologies Institute - Center for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece), Georgios Meditskos (Information Technologies Institute - Center for Research and Technology, Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece), Efstratios Kontopoulos (Information Technologies Institute - Center for Research and Technology, Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece), Ioannis Kompatsiaris (Information Technologies Institute - Center for Research and Technology, Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece)
Volume 5 (2014)
Issue 1
Article 1
Issues and Challenges in Securing eHealth Systems (pages 1-19)
Yan Bai (Institute of Technology, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, US), Lirong Dai (Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Seattle University, Seattle, WA, US), Juan Li (Department of Computer Science, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, US)
Article 2
Anomaly Detection in Medical Wireless Sensor Networks using SVM and Linear Regression Models (pages 20-45)
Osman Salem (LIPADE Laboratory, University of Paris Descartes, Paris, France), Alexey Guerassimov (LIPADE Laboratory, University of Paris Descartes, Paris, France), Ahmed Mehaoua (LIPADE Laboratory, University of Paris Descartes, France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), LaBRI, Bordeaux, France), Anthony Marcus (Department of Computer and Electrical, Engineering and Computer Science, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA), Borko Furht (Department of Computer and Electrical, Engineering and Computer Science, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA)
Article 3
Framework for Information Sharing with Privacy and Priority Control in Long-Term Care in Japan (pages 46-62)
Shoko Miyagawa (Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care, Keio University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan), Shigeichiro Yamasaki (Faculty of Humanity Oriented Science and Engineering, Kinki University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan), Eiko Uchiyama (Keio Research Institute at SFC, Keio University, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan), Donald L. Amoroso (Lowder-Weil Endowed Chair of Innovation and Strategy, Auburn University, Montgomery, USA)
Article 4
Android-Based Visual Tag Detection for Visually Impaired Users: System Design and Testing (pages 63-80)
Hao Dong (Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA), Jieqi Kang (Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA), James Schafer (Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA), Aura Ganz (Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA)
Article 5
Lungsounds@UA Interface and Multimedia Database (pages 81-95)
Cátia Pinho (School of Health Sciences, University of Aveiro, Institute of Electronics and Telematics Engineering of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal), Ana Oliveira (School of Health Sciences, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal), Daniela Oliveira (School of Health Sciences, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal), João Dinis (School of Health Sciences, University of Aveiro, Institute of Electronics and Telematics Engineering of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal), Alda Marques (School of Health Sciences, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal)
Article 6
Using RFID and Wi-Fi in Healthcare (pages 96-113)
Alexiei Dingli (Department of Intelligent Computer Systems, Faculty of ICT, University of Malta, Msida, Malta), Dylan Seychell (Department of Computing and Information Systems, St Martin's Institute of Higher Education, Malta)
Article 7
An EEG-Based BCI Platform to Improve Arm Reaching Ability of Chronic Stroke Patients by Means of an Operant Learning Training with a Contingent Force Feedback (pages 114-134)
Giulia Cisotto (Department of Information Engineering, University of Padua, Padova, Italy), Silvano Pupolin (Department of Information Engineering, University of Padua, Padova, Italy), Marianna Cavinato (Department of Neurophysiology, I.R.C.C.S. S. Camillo Hospital Foundation, Venice, Italy), Francesco Piccione (Department of Neurophysiology, I.R.C.C.S. S. Camillo Hospital Foundation, Venice, Italy)
Issue 2
Article 1
Review of fMRI Data Analysis: A Special Focus on Classification (pages 1-26)
Shantipriya Parida (Huawei Technologies India Private Limited, Karnataka, India), Satchidananda Dehuri (Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea)
Article 2
Study of Vehicle Vibration for High-Performance Land Mobile Satellite Tracking System for Telemedicine (pages 27-48)
Toshihiko Kitano (Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan)
Article 3
Advanced Electroencephalogram Processing: Automatic Clustering of EEG Components (pages 49-69)
Diana Rashidovna Golomolzina (Laboratory of Intel-NSU, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia), Maxim Alexandrovich Gorodnichev (Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics SB RAS, Laboratory of Intel-NSU, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia), Evgeny Andreevich Levin (Novosibirsk Research Institute of Circulation Pathology, Novosibirsk, Russia & Institute of Physiology and Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia), Alexander Nikolaevich Savostyanov (Institute of Physiology and Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia & Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia), Ekaterina Pavlovna Yablokova (Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia), Arthur C. Tsai (Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan), Mikhail Sergeevich Zaleshin (Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia), Anna Vasil'evna Budakova (Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia), Alexander Evgenyevich Saprygin (Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia), Mikhail Anatolyevich Remnev (Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia), Nikolay Vladimirovich Smirnov (Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia)
Article 4
Critical Challenges for Adopting Personalized Medicine System in Healthcare Management: Perspectives of Clinicians and Patients (pages 70-89)
Subhas Chandra Misra (Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India), Sandip Bisui (Department of Mathematics and Statistics Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India)
Issue 3
Article 1
Reliable and User Friendly U.S Banknote Recognition Application for Visually Impaired Users on Android Smartphones (pages 1-16)
Zhuorui Yang (Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA), James M. Schafer (Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA), Aura Ganz (Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA)
Article 2
Ethical E-Health: A Possibility of the Future or a Distant Dream? (pages 17-28)
Debarati Das (Bengal College of Engineering and Technology, West Bengal, India), Prasenjit Maji (Bengal College of Engineering and Technology, West Bengal, India), Goutami Dey (JIS College of Engineering, West Bengal, India), Nilanjan Dey (Bengal College of Engineering and Technology, West Bengal, India)
Article 3
Factors Influencing Adoption of E-detailing as a Communication Tool: Views of Physicians of India (pages 29-39)
Saikat Banerjee (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, India), Sampada Kumar Dash (Biocon Limited, Bangalore, India)
Article 4
Principles of Information Accountability: An eHealth Perspective (pages 40-57)
Randike Gajanayake (Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia), Tony Sahama (Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Australia), Renato Iannella (Semantic Identity, Brisbane, Australia)
Article 5
Development of a Methodological Approach for Data Quality Ontology in Diabetes Management (pages 58-77)
Alireza Rahimi (UNSW School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Sydney, Australia & Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Health information Technology Research Centre, Iran & UNSW Asia-Pacific ubiquitous Healthcare Research Centre, Sydney, Australia & SWSLHD General Practice Unit, Sydney, Australia), Nandan Parameswaran (UNSW, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Sydney, Australia & UNSW Asia-Pacific ubiquitous Healthcare Research Centre, Sydney, Australia), Pradeep Kumar Ray (UNSW, Asia-Pacific Ubiquitous Healthcare Research Centre, Sydney, Australia & UNSW, Australian School of Business, Sydney, Australia), Jane Taggart (UNSW, Centre for Primary Health Care & Equity, Sydney, Australia & SWSLHD General Practice Unit, Fairfield, Sydney, Australia), Hairong Yu (UNSW, Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, Sydney, Australia), Siaw-Teng Liaw (UNSW, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Sydney & UNSW, Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, Sydney, Australia & UNSW, Asia-Pacific Ubiquitous Healthcare Research Centre, Sydney, Australia & SWSLHD General Practice Unit, Sydney, Australia)
Article 6
Heart Disease Diagnosis Using Fuzzy Supervised Learning Based on Dynamic Reduced Features (pages 78-101)
Walid Moudani (Doctorate School of Sciences and Technologies, Lebanese University, Lebanon), Mohamad Hussein (Doctorate School of Sciences and Technologies, Lebanese University, Lebanon), Mariam abdelRazzak (Doctorate School of Sciences and Technologies, Lebanese University, Lebanon), Félix Mora-Camino (MAIAA Laboratory, French Civil Aviation Institute-ENAC, France)
Issue 4
Special Issue on 15th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Application, and Services
Guest Editorial Preface
Norbert Noury (INL INSA, Lyon, France)
Article 1
Personalized Monitors for Real-Time Detection of Physiological States (pages 1-19)
Lawrence Chow (Stanford University, Standford, CA, USA), Nicholas Bambos (Stanford University, Standford, CA, USA), Alex Gilman (Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Sunnyvale, CA, USA), Ajay Chander (Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Sunnyvale, CA, USA)
Article 2
Detection of Faulty Measurements in WBANs using Gaussian Mixture Model and Ant Colony (pages 20-38)
Osman Salem (LIPADE Laboratory, University of Paris Descartes, Paris, France), Yaning Liu (JCP-Connect, Rennes, France), Ahmed Mehaoua (LIPADE Laboratory, University of Paris Descartes, Paris, France)
Article 3
Extending Lifetime of Biomedical Wireless Sensor Networks using Energy-Aware Routing and Relay Nodes (pages 39-51)
Carlos Abreu (Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo, Portugal), P. M. Mendes (DEI, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal)
Article 4
Low Power Listening in BAN: Experimental Characterisation (pages 52-66)
Stefan Mijovic (DEI, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy), Andrea Stajkic (DEI, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy), Riccardo Cavallari (DEI, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy), Chiara Buratti (DEI, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy)
Article 5
Radiation Aware Efficient Sensor Deployment and Optimal Routing in Dynamic Three-Dimensional WBAN Topology (pages 67-89)
Hassine Moungla (University of Paris Descartes, Paris, France), Nora Touati (Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau Cedex, Paris, France), Ahmed Mehaoua (University of Paris Descartes, Paris, France)
Article 6
A Testing and Certification Methodology for an Open Ambient-Assisted Living Ecosystem (pages 90-107)
João Pascoal Faria (INESC TEC and Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal), Bruno Lima (INESC TEC and Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal), Tiago Boldt Sousa (INESC TEC and Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal), Angelo Martins (INESC TEC and Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Porto, Portugal)
Article 7
The Role of Perceived Usefulness and Attitude on Electronic Health Record Acceptance (pages 108-119)
Randike Gajanayake (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia), Tony Sahama (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia), Renato Iannella (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia)
Volume 4 (2013)
Issue 1
Article 1
Personalized Mobile Applications for Remote Monitoring (pages 1-11)
Miguel A. Laguna (ETSI Informática, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain), Javier Finat (ETSI Informática, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain)
Article 2
A Wearable Technology Revisited for Cardio-Respiratory Functional Exploration: Stroke Volume Estimation from Respiratory Inductive Plethysmography (pages 12-22)
Julie Fontecave-Jallon (University Joseph Fourier-Grenoble 1, CNRS, TIMC-IMAG Laboratory CNRS UMR 5525, PRETA team, Grenoble, F-38041, France), Pierre-Yves Guméry (University Joseph Fourier-Grenoble 1, CNRS, TIMC-IMAG Laboratory CNRS UMR 5525, PRETA team, Grenoble, F-38041, France), Pascale Calabrese (University Joseph Fourier-Grenoble 1, CNRS, TIMC-IMAG Laboratory CNRS UMR 5525, PRETA team, Grenoble, F-38041, France), Raphaël Briot (University Joseph Fourier-Grenoble 1, CNRS, TIMC-IMAG Laboratory CNRS UMR 5525, PRETA team, Grenoble, F-38041, France), Pierre Baconnier (University Joseph Fourier-Grenoble 1, CNRS, TIMC-IMAG Laboratory CNRS UMR 5525, PRETA team, Grenoble, F-38041, France)
Article 3
Ambient Intelligence for Monitoring Alzheimer Patients (pages 23-35)
Walid Bourennane (Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France), Yoann Charlon (Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France), Fehd Bettahar (Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France), Marie Chan (Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France), Daniel Esteve (Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France), Eric Campo (Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France)
Article 4
Flexible Heat Flux Sensor for Firefighters Garment Integration (pages 36-45)
Christelle Navone (Département des Nanotechnologies, Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Grenoble, France), Mathieu Soulier (Département des Nanotechnologies, Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Grenoble, France), Isabella Chartier (Département des Nanotechnologies, Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Grenoble, France), Julia Simon (Département des Nanotechnologies, Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Grenoble, France), Aurelien Oliveira (Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon, Villeurbanne Cedex, France), Claudine Gehin (Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon, Villeurbanne Cedex, France), Thierry Pauchard (ERGOPRO, Grange Neuve, Sainte-Olive, France)
Article 5
Evidential Network-Based Multimodal Fusion for Fall Detection (pages 46-60)
Paulo Armando Cavalcante Aguilar (Electronic and Physics Department, Mines Télécom- Télécom SudParis, Evry, France), Jerome Boudy (Electronic and Physics Department, Mines Télécom- Télécom SudParis, Evry, France), Dan Istrate (École Supérieure d’Ingénieurs en Informatique et Génie des Télécommunications, Villejuif, France), Hamid Medjahed (École Supérieure d’Ingénieurs en Informatique et Génie des Télécommunications, Villejuif, France), Bernadette Dorizzi (Electronic and Physics Department, Mines Télécom- Télécom SudParis, Evry, France), João Cesar Moura Mota (Federal University of Ceará, Benfica, Fortaleza, Brazil), Jean Louis Baldinger (Electronic and Physics Department, Mines Télécom- Télécom SudParis, Evry, France), Toufik Guettari (Electronic and Physics Department, Mines Télécom- Télécom SudParis, Evry, France), Imad Belfeki (Electronic and Physics Department, Mines Télécom- Télécom SudParis, Evry, France)
Article 6
Robust Heartbeat Detector Based on Weighted Correlation and Multichannel Input: Implementation on the ECG Recorded with Textile Electrodes (pages 61-71)
Linda Rattfält (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden), Maria Lindén (Intelligent Sensor Systems Department, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden), Peter Hult (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden), Per Ask (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden), Magnus Borga (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden)
Issue 2
Article 1
Information and Technology Implementation Issues in AAL Solutions (pages 1-17)
Ricardo Vardasca (Institute for Polymers and Composites, University of Minho, Azurém Campus, Guimarães, Portugal), Angelo Costa (Department of Informatics/CCTC, University of Minho,Gualtar Campus, Braga, Portugal), Paulo M. Mendes (Centro Algoritmi, Department of Industrial Electronics, University of Minho, Azurém Campus, Guimarães, Portugal), Paulo Novais (Department of Informatics/CCTC, University of Minho,Gualtar Campus, Braga, Portugal), Ricardo Simoes (Institute for Polymers and Composites & University of Minho, Azurém Campus, Guimarães, Portugal & Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal & School of Technology, Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave, Campus do IPCA, Barcelos, Portugal)
Article 2
Tool for E-Health Preparedness Assessment in the Context of an Influenza Pandemic (pages 18-33)
Junhua Li (Asia-Pacific ubiquitous Healthcare research Centre (APuHC), The University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia), Pradeep Ray (Asia-Pacific ubiquitous Healthcare research Centre (APuHC), The University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia), Aishwarya Bakshi (Asia-Pacific ubiquitous Healthcare research Centre (APuHC), The University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia), Holly Seale (School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, the University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia), Raina MacIntyre (School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, the University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia)
Article 3
Real-Time Scalable Resource Tracking Framework (DIORAMA) for Mass Casualty Incidents (pages 34-49)
Aura Ganz (Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA, USA), James Schafer (Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA, USA), Xunyi Yu (Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA, USA), Graydon Lord (The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA), Jonathan Burstein (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA), Gregory R. Ciottone (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA)
Article 4
Regulations Initiatives in France for the Interoperability of Communicating Medical Devices (pages 50-64)
Norbert Noury (Lab. INL INSA Lyon, University of Lyon, France), Karima Bourquard (In-System, Paris, France), Didier Bergognon (CosiLog, Paris, France), Jean-Bernard Schroeder (Syndicat National De I’Industrie des Technologies Medicales (SNITEM), Paris, France)
Article 5
The Need for a Socio-Technical Analysis in E-Health: The Case of the PCEHR (pages 65-79)
Imran Muhammad (Epworth Research Institute, School of Business IT and Logistics,RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia), Say Yen Teoh (Health Innovations Research Institute, School of Business IT and Logistics, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia), Nilmini Wickramasinghe (Epworth HealthCare, Health Innovations Research Institute, School of Business IT and Logistics, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
Article 6
E-Learning and Multimedia Contents for Minimally Invasive Surgery Learning: A Questionnaire Survey (pages 80-93)
Luisa F. Sánchez-Peralta (Bioengineering and Health Technologies Unit, Jesús Usón Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre, Cáceres, Spain), Francisco M. Sánchez-Margallo (Scientific Direction, Jesús Usón Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre, Cáceres, Spain), José Blas Pagador (Bioengineering and Health Technologies Unit, Jesús Usón Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre, Cáceres, Spain), José Luis Moyano-Cuevas (Bioengineering and Health Technologies Unit, Jesús Usón Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre, Cáceres, Spain), Enrique J. Gómez Aguilera (Biomedical Engineering and Telemedicine Centre,Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain), José Francisco Noguera-Aguilar (Área Clínica de Enfermedades Digestivas,Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain)
Issue 3
Special Issue on Instrumentation, Communication, Information Technology, and Biomedical Engineering
Guest Editorial Preface
Mitra Djamal (Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia), Tati Latifah R. Mengko (Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia), Mauridhi Hery Purnomo (Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, Indonesia)
Article 1
Performance Evaluation of Color Retinal Image Quality Assessment in Asymmetric Channel VQ Coding (pages 1-19)
Agung W. Setiawan (Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia), Andriyan B. Suksmono (School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia), Tati R. Mengko (School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia), Oerip S. Santoso (Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia)
Article 2
A Portable Infection Screening System Designed for Onboard Entry Screening Based on Multi-Parameter Vital Signs (pages 20-35)
Guanghao Sun (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan), Nguyen Quang Vinh (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan), Shigeto Abe (Takasaka Clinic, Fukushima, Japan), Osamu Takei (Lifetech CO., Ltd, Saitama, Japan), Masami Sugamata (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan), Takemi Matsui (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan)
Article 3
Tracking of Markers for 2D and 3D Gait Analysis Using Home Video Cameras (pages 36-52)
Sandro Mihradi (Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia), Ferryanto (Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia), Tatacipta Dirgantara (Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia), Andi I. Mahyuddin (Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia)
Article 4
Design and Construction of Thermally Combined Microcurrent Electrical Therapy Device as Preliminary Study for Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment (pages 53-67)
Yuda G. Hadiprodjo (Swiss German University, BSD City, Tangerang, Java, Indonesia), Aulia A. Iskandar (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Life Sciences, Swiss German University, BSD City, Tangerang, Java, Indonesia), Tutun Nugraha (Swiss German University, BSD City, Tangerang, Java, Indonesia)
Article 5
Design of a Decision Support System for a Home Telehealth Application (pages 68-79)
Mas S. Mohktar (GSBME, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia & Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Kezhang Lin (GSBME, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia), Stephen J. Redmond (GSBME, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia), Jim Basilakis (School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia), Nigel H. Lovell (GSBME, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia)
Article 6
RETRA: Web Based Resource Allocation Tool for Emergency Management (pages 80-93)
Venkata S. Inampudi (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA), Russell Kondaveti (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA), Aura Ganz (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA)
Article 7
The Connective Matrix of Emerging Health Technologies: E-Health Solutions for People with Chronic Disease (pages 94-114)
Wayne Usher (School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Southport, QLD, Australia), E-Liisa Laakso (School of Allied Health Sciences, Griffith University, Southport, QLD, Australia), Daniel James (Centre for Wireless Monitoring and Applications, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia & Centre of Excellence for Applied Sports Science, Queensland Academy of Sport, Sunnybank, QLD, Australia), David Rowlands (Centre for Wireless Monitoring and Applications, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia)
Issue 4
Special Issue on Secured, Flexible Healthcare Service and Medical Data Processing in e-Health System
Guest Editorial Preface
Jian Song (DTV Technology R&D Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China), Ji-Jiang Yang (Research Institute of Information Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
Article 1
Wearable ECG Monitoring and Alerting System Associated with Smartphone: iHeart (pages 1-15)
Hyuma Watanabe (Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan), Masatoshi Kawarasaki (Faculty of Library, Information and Media Studies, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan), Akira Sato (Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan), Kentaro Yoshida (Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan)
Article 2
Cost Efficient Deployment and Reliable Routing Modeling Based Multi-Objective Optimization for Dynamic Wireless Body Sensor Networks Topology (pages 16-33)
Hassine Moungla (University of Paris Descartes, Paris, France), Nora Touati (Ecole Spéciale de Mécanique et d'Electricité-Sudria, Paris, France), Ahmed Mehaoua (University of Paris Descartes, Paris, France)
Article 3
Securing Remote Obstetrics Monitoring Systems (pages 34-47)
Chiu C. Tan (Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA), Michael Korostelev (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA), Li Bai (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA), Dimitrios S. Mastrogiannis (Department of Obstetrics, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA), Jie Wu (Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Article 4
Framework Design and Case Study for Privacy-Preserving Medical Data Publishing (pages 48-65)
Yu Niu (Research Institute of Information Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China), Ji-Jiang Yang (Research Institute of Information Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China), Qing Wang (Research Institute of Information Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
Article 5
Using a Public Key Registry for Improved Trust and Scalability in National E-Health Systems (pages 66-83)
Vicky Liu (Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), William Caelli (Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), Yu-Nien Maggie Chen (Graduate School of Asia and Pacific Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan)
Article 6
Neural Networks for an Analysis of the Hemometabolites Biosensor Response (pages 84-101)
José Renato Garcia Braga (Federal University of Itajubá, Itajubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil), Alexandre Carlos Brandão Ramos (Federal University of Itajubá, Itajubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil), Alvaro Antonio Alencar de Queiroz (Federal University of Itajubá, Itajubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil), Demétrio Artur Werner Soares (Federal University of Itajubá, Itajubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil), Marília de Campos Bataglini (Federal University of Itajubá, Itajubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Article 7
The Application of Intelligent Keywords to Patient Adherence Management System (pages 102-119)
Yin-Pin Yang (Service Systems Technology Center, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan), Tsai-Ya Lai (Service Systems Technology Center, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan)
Volume 3 (2012)
Issue 1
Article 1
Liability for Telemedicine (pages 1-21)
Kazuyuki Nakayasu (Hokkaido University, Japan), Chiaki Sato (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Article 2
Legal Interpretation of Face-to-Face Consultation in Telemedicine (pages 22-32)
Yasumitsu Tomioka (Tokai University School of Medicine, Japan)
Article 3
Legal Bases for Medical Supervision via Mobile Telecommunications in Japan (pages 33-45)
Hiroshi Juzoji (Tokai University School of Medicine, Japan)
Article 4
Cross-Border Medical Care and Telemedicine (pages 46-61)
Isao Nakajima (Tokai University School of Medicine, Japan)
Issue 2
Article 1
A Survey of Routing Protocols in Wireless Body Area Networks for Healthcare Applications (pages 1-18)
Hadda Ben Elhadj (National Engineering School of Sfax (ENIS), Tunisia), Lamia Chaari (National Engineering School of Sfax (ENIS), Tunisia), Lotfi Kamoun (National Engineering School of Sfax (ENIS), Tunisia)
Article 2
A Proposed Speech Discrimination Assessment Methodology Based on Event-Related Potentials to Visual Stimuli (pages 19-35)
Koji Morikawa (Panasonic Corporation, Japan), Kazuki Kozuka (Panasonic Corporation, Japan), Shinobu Adachi (Panasonic Corporation, Japan)
Article 3
An Approach to Design a SOA Services Governance Architecture for an u-Healthcare System with Mobility (pages 36-65)
Weider D. Yu (San Jose State University, USA), Jatin Patel (San Jose State University, USA), Vishal Mehta (San Jose State University, USA), Ashish Joshi (San Jose State University, USA)
Article 4
A Spatial Data Model for HIV/AIDS Surveillance and Monitoring in Nigeria (pages 66-84)
Peter Adebayo Idowu (Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria)
Issue 3
Article 1
Infrared Communication Technology Applied to Indoor Mobile Healthcare Monitoring System (pages 1-11)
S. S. Torkestani (Université de Limoges, France), S. Sahuguede (Université de Limoge, France), A. Julien-Vergonjanne (Université de Limoges, France), J. Cances (Université de Limoges, France), J. C. Daviet (Université de Limoges, France)
Article 2
Levels of Abstraction for Behavior Modeling in the GerHome Project (pages 12-28)
Laura Pomponio (Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment & Aix-Marseille University, France), Marc Le Goc (Aix-Marseille University, France), Alain Anfosso (Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment, France), Eric Pascual (Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment, France)
Article 3
Fusion of Multiple Sensors Sources in a Smart Home to Detect Scenarios of Activities in Ambient Assisted Living (pages 29-44)
Norbert Noury (University of Lyon, France), Pierre Barralon (Tecnalia Health Technologies Unit, Spain & University of Grenoble, France), Nicolas Vuillerme (University of Grenoble, France), Anthony Fleury (University of Lille and University of Grenoble, France)
Article 4
Ethernet Motion-Sensor Based Alarm System for Epilepsy Monitoring (pages 45-53)
Stéphane Bonnet (CEA, LETI, DTBS/STD/LE2S, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble, France), Pierre Jallon (CEA, LETI, DTBS/STD/LE2S, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble, France), Alain Bourgerette (CEA, LETI, DTBS/STD/LE2S, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble, France), Michel Antonakios (CEA, LETI, DTBS/STD/LE2S, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble, France), Vencesslass Rat (CEA, LETI, DTBS/STD/LE2S, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble, France), Régis Guillemaud (CEA, LETI, DTBS/STD/LE2S, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble, France), Yanis Caritu (MOVEA, 7 Parvis Louis Néel, 38000 Grenoble, France)
Article 5
A Practical Activity Recognition Approach Based on the Generic Activity Framework (pages 54-71)
Eunju Kim (University of Florida, USA), Sumi Helal (University of Florida, USA)
Article 6
Creating and Using the Knowledge Archive in the Internet Medical Consultant for Decision Support at the Point of Care (pages 72-85)
Draško Nakic (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia), Suzana Loškovska (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia)
Article 7
An Architectural Approach to Building Ambient Intelligent Travel Companions (pages 86-95)
Sule Yildirim Yayilgan (Gjøvik University College, Norway), Bernd Blobel (Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Germany), Françoise Petersen (Apica, France), Asbjørn Hovstø (Its-Norway, Norway), Peter Pharow (Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT, Germany), Dag Waaler (Gjøvik University College, Norway), Younis Hijazi (Gie Luxinnovation, Luxembourg)
Issue 4
Article 1
Capturing Basic Movements for Mobile Gaming Platforms Embedded with Motion Sensors (pages 1-14)
Aravind Kailas (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA), Chia-Chin Chong (Technology Strategy and Planning, Huawei Device USA, Santa Clara, CA, USA)
Article 2
The Benefits of Wireless Enabled Applications to Facilitate Superior Healthcare Delivery: The Case of DiaMonD (pages 15-30)
Nilmini Wickramasinghe (HIRi & School of Business IT & Logistics, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia), Suresh Chalasani (Department of Business, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Parkside, WI, USA), Steve Goldberg (INET International, Inc., Thorn Hill, ON, Canada), Sridevi Koritala (Lakeshore Medical Clinic, St. Francis, WI, USA)
Article 3
A New Single Trial P300 Classification Method (pages 31-41)
Kun Li (Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA), Ravi Sankar (Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA), Ke Cao (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA), Yael Arbel (Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA), Emanuel Donchin (Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA)
Article 4
A SOA Based System Development Methodology for Cloud Computing Environment: Using uHealthcare as Practice (pages 42-63)
Weider D. Yu (Computer Engineering Department, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, USA), Ashwini Sathyanarayana Adiga (Computer Engineering Department, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, USA), Srivarsha Rao (Computer Engineering Department, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, USA), Miby Jose Panakkel (Computer Engineering Department, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, USA)
Article 5
Smart Agent-Based Hospital Search, Appointment, and Medical Diagnosis (pages 64-101)
Jodiê Smith (Department of Computing, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica), Suresh Sankaranarayanan (Institut Teknologi Brunei, Brunei Murara, Brunei, & University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica)
Article 6
Comparative Study of ECG Classification Performance Using Decision Tree Algorithms (pages 102-120)
Faiza Charfi (Electronic and Information Technologies Laboratory, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia), Ali Kraiem (Electronic and Information Technologies Laboratory, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia)
Volume 2 (2011)
Issue 1
Article 1
An Advanced and Secure Symbian-Based Mobile Approach for Body Sensor Networks Interaction (pages 1-16)
Orlando R. E. Pereira (University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal), João M. L. P. Caldeira (University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Covilhã, Portugal, and Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal), Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues (Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Beira Interior, Portugal)
Article 2
Improving Supervised Classification of Activities of Daily Living Using Prior Knowledge (pages 17-34)
Anthony Fleury (University Lille Nord de France, France), Norbert Noury (University of Lyon, France), Michel Vacher (LIG Laboratory, France)
Article 3
Development of Audio Sensing Technology for Ambient Assisted Living: Applications and Challenges (pages 35-54)
Michel Vacher (Laboratoire d’Informatique de Grenoble, UMR CNRS/UJF/G-INP 5217, France), François Portet (Laboratoire d’Informatique de Grenoble, UMR CNRS/UJF/G-INP 5217, France), Anthony Fleury (University Lille Nord de France, France), Norbert Noury (University of Lyon, France)
Article 4
Proposed Framework for the Deployment of Telemedicine Centers in Rural Bangladesh (pages 55-72)
Raqibul Mostafa (United International University, Bangladesh), Gazi Mehedi Hasan (United International University, Bangladesh), A.M. Alomgir Kabir (United International University, Bangladesh), Md Atiqur Rahman (United International University, Bangladesh)
Article 5
Affordable System for Rapid Detection and Mitigation of Emerging Diseases (pages 73-90)
Nuwan Waidyanatha (LIRNEasia, China), Artur Dubrawski (Carnegie Mellon University, USA), Ganesan M. (IITM’s Rural Technology and Business Incubator, India), Gordon Gow (University of Alberta, Canada)
Article 6
On the Use of Home Node Bs for Emergency Telemedicine Applications in Various Indoor Environments (pages 91-109)
Edward Mutafungwa (Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Finland), Zhong Zheng (Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Finland), Jyri Hämäläinen (Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Finland), Mika Husso (Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Finland), Timo Korhonen (Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Finland)
Issue 2
Article 1
A Tool for Automatic Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination (pages 1-13)
Debi Prosad Dogra (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India), Karthik Nandam (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India), Arun Kumar Majumdar (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India), Shamik Sural (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India), Jayanta Mukhopadhyay (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India), Bandana Majumdar (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India), Arun Singh (Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, S.S.K.M. Hospital, India), Suchandra Mukherjee (Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, S.S.K.M. Hospital, India)
Article 2
Design Considerations for Delivering E-Learning to Surgical Trainees (pages 14-23)
Jane Coughlan (Brunel University, UK), Willem-Paul Brinkman (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Article 3
Applications of Policy Based Agents in Wireless Body Sensor Mesh Networks for Patient Health Monitoring (pages 24-45)
Kevin Miller (University of West Indies, Jamaica), Suresh Sankaranarayanan (University of West Indies, Jamaica)
Article 4
Study of Zero Velocity Update for Both Low- and High-Speed Human Activities (pages 46-67)
R. Zhang (University of Freiburg, Germany), M. Loschonsky (University of Freiburg, Germany), L.M. Reindl (University of Freiburg, Germany)
Article 5
Malaria Parasite Detection: Automated Method Using Microscope Color Image (pages 68-81)
Anant R. Koppar (PES Research Center, India), Venugopalachar Sridhar (P. E. S. College of Engineering, India)
Article 6
Research Essay: The Ethics of E-Health (pages 82-85)
Christopher C. Hood (University of Oxford, UK), Sarah Bougourd (Nuffield Council on Bioethics, UK)
Issue 3
Article 1
A Comprehensive Overview of Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN) (pages 1-30)
Nourchene Bradai (Sfax University, Tunisia), Lamia Chaari (Sfax University, Tunisia), Lotfi Kamoun (Sfax University, Tunisia)
Article 2
Pervasive Computing Support in the Transition towards Personalised Health Systems (pages 31-47)
Martín Serrano (Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland), Ahmed Elmisery (Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland), Mícheál Ó Foghlú (Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland), Willie Donnelly (Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland), Cristiano Storni (University of Limerick, Ireland), Mikael Fernström (University of Limerick, Ireland)
Article 3
Evaluating the IEEE 802.15.6 2.4GHz WBAN Proposal on Medical Multi-Parameter Monitoring under WiFi/Bluetooth Interference (pages 48-62)
Yufei Wang (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong), Qixin Wang (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
Article 4
Modeling Emergency and Telemedicine Heath Support System: A Service Oriented Architecture Approach Using Cloud Computing (pages 63-88)
Weider D. Yu (San Jose State University, USA), Radhika Bhagwat (San Jose State University, USA)
Issue 4
Article 1
Discrete Portable Measuring Device for Monitoring Noninvasive Intraocular Pressure with a Nano-Structured Sensing Contact Lens Prototype (pages 1-19)
Ana Moya (CIBER-BBN and IMB-CNM (CSIC), Spain), Anton Guimerà (CIBER-BBN and IMB-CNM (CSIC), Spain), Irene Sánchez (CIBER-BBN and IOBA, University of Valladolidad, Spain), Vladimir Laukin (ICREA and ICMAB (CSIC), Spain), Raúl Martín (CIBER-BBN, Department of Physics TAO and IOBA, University of Valladolid, Spain), Fernando Ussa (CIBER-BBN and IOBA, University of Valladolid, Spain), Elena Laukhina (CIBER-BBN and ICMAB (CSIC), Spain), Concepció Rovira (CIBER-BBN and ICMAB (CSIC), Spain), Jaume Veciana (CIBER-BBN and ICMAB (CSIC), Spain), José Carlos Pastor (CIBER-BBN, University Hospital and IOBA, University of Valladolid, Spain), Rosa Villa (CIBER-BBN and IMB-CNM (CSIC), Spain), Jordi Aguiló (CIBER-BBN and IMB-CNM (CSIC), Spain)
Article 2
Expected Communications Technology to Track Avian Influenza and Related the Statement of Appeal by ITU-D SG2 Q14 (pages 20-36)
Isao Nakajima (Tokai University School of Medicine, Japan), Toshihiko Kitano (Tokai University School of Medicine, Japan), Masaaki Katayama (Nagoya University, Japan), Leonid Androuchko (International University in Geneva, Switzerland)
Article 3
Acquisition of Multiple Physiological Parameters During Physical Exercise (pages 37-49)
Virginie Felizardo (University of Beira Interior, Portugal), Pedro Dinis Gaspar (University of Beira Interior, Portugal), Nuno M. Garcia (Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies (ULHT) and Telecommunications Institute, Covilhã, Portugal), Victor Reis (Research Centre for Sports, Health & Human Development, Portugal)
Article 4
QoS Concepts and Architecture Over Wireless Body Area Networks for Healthcare Applications (pages 50-66)
Lamia Chaari (Sfax University, Tunisia), Lotfi Kamoun (Sfax University, Tunisia)
Article 5
A Prototype Agent Based Model and Machine Learning Hybrid System for Healthcare Decision Support (pages 67-90)
Marek Laskowski (University of Manitoba, Canada)
Volume 1 (2010)
Issue 1
Article 1
The mHealth Stack: Technology Enablers for Patient-Centric Mobile Healthcare (pages 1-17)
Benjamin Falchuk (Applied Communication Sciences (Ericsson), USA), David Famolari (Telcordia Technologies, USA), Russell Fischer (Telcordia Technologies, USA), Shoshana Loeb (Telcordia Technologies, USA), Euthimios Panagos (Telcordia Technologies, USA)
Article 2
Aspects of Information Communications Technology for Better Medical Control (pages 18-27)
Isao Nakajima (Tokai University School of Medicine, Japan), Yasumitsu Tomioka (Tokai University School of Medicine, Japan)
Article 3
An Ontology Driven Multi-Agent Approach to Integrated e-Health Systems (pages 28-40)
Weir Ying (University of New South Wales, Australia), Jaminda S. Wimalasiri (University of New South Wales, Australia), Pradeep Ray (University of New South Wales, Australia), Subhagata Chattopadhyay (University of New South Wales, Australia), Concepción S. Wilson (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Article 4
Blood Vessel Segmentation in Complex-Valued Magnetic Resonance Images with Snake Active Contour Model (pages 41-52)
Astri Handayani (Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia), Andriyan B. Suksmono (Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia), Tati L.R. Mengko (Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia), Akira Hirose (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Article 5
Cancer Cell Image Analysis and Visualization (pages 53-63)
Tae-Yun Kim (Inje University, Korea), Hae-Gil Hwang (Inje University, Korea), Heung-Kook Choi (Inje University, Korea)
Article 6
Patient-Centered E-Health (pages 64-66)
Richard Burkhard (San Jose State University, USA)
Issue 2
Article 2
Privacy Challenges in the Use of eHealth Systems for Public Health Management (pages 12-23)
Karpurika Raychaudhuri (University of New South Wales, Australia), Pradeep Ray (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Article 3
A Framework for Detecting Interactions Between Co-Incident Clinical Processes (pages 24-35)
Kerry Hinge (University of Wollongong, Australia), Aditya Ghose (University of Wollongong, Australia), Andrew Miller (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Article 4
Fostering User Participation in Ambient Assisted Living Projects (pages 36-50)
J. Artur Serrano (University Hospital of North Norway, Norway)
Article 5
Web 2.0 Teacher Community in a National Health E-learning Network (pages 51-60)
Mei-Ju Su (National Taiwan University, Taiwan), Jia-Wei Lin (National Taiwan University, Taiwan), Yen-Ting Chen (Seattle Central Community College, USA), Yaw-Jen Lin (Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan), Yu-Huei Su (National HsinChu University of Education, Taiwan), Sao-Jie Chen (National Taiwan University, Taiwan), Heng-Shuen Chen (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Article 6
A Semantic-Based Dynamic Search Engine Design and Implementation for Electronic Medical Records (pages 61-73)
Weider D. Yu (San Jose State University, USA), Seshadri K. Yilayavilli (San Jose State University, USA)
Issue 3
Article 1
Biosensor Based on Giant Magnetoresistance Material (pages 1-15)
Mitra Djamal (Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia)
Article 2
Non-Compactness Attribute Filtering to Extract Retinal Blood Vessels in Fundus Images (pages 16-27)
I. K. E. Purnama (Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS), Indonesia), K. Y. E. Aryanto (Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha, Indonesia), M. H. F. Wilkinson (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Article 3
An Improved Olympic Hole-Filling Method for Ultrasound Volume Reconstruction of Human Spine (pages 28-40)
D. E. O. Dewi (University of Groningen, The Netherlands), T. L. R. Mengko (Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia), I. K. E. Purnama (Institut Teknologi, Indonesia), A. G. Veldhuizen (University of Groningen, The Netherlands), M. H. F. Wilkinson (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Article 4
Development of Dual Video Acquisition and Parallel AVI Player with Camera Calibration System for Supporting Dual View Motion Detection (pages 41-49)
Amar Vijai Nasrulloh (Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia and Universitas Lambung Mangkurat, Indonesia), Tati L. R. Mengko (Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia), Tommy Apriantono (Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia)
Article 5
Phase Unwrapping Using Energy Minimization Methods for MRI Phase Image (pages 50-56)
Kusworo Adi (ITB, Indonesia and UNDIP, Indonesia), Tati L. R. Mengko (ITB, Indonesia), Andriyan B. Suksmono (ITB, Indonesia), H. Gunawan (ITB, Indonesia)
Article 6
Toward Applications of EMG and Preliminary Study in the Next Design of Compact Integrated Bio-Signal Recording System (pages 57-66)
Kastam Astami (Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia), Arga Aridarma (Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia)
Article 7
Active Noise Control for Hearing Screening Test: Simulation and Experiment (pages 67-78)
Dhifaf Azeez (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia), Mohd Alauddin Mohd Ali (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia), Hafizah Husain (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia), Gan Kok Beng (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia), Cila Umat (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia)
Article 8
Safety System Design Simulation for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator using Electrode Contact Test (pages 79-89)
Mervin T. Hutabarat (Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia), Subaryani D. H. Soedirdjo (Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia)
Issue 4
Article 1
Developing Smart Emergency Applications with Multi-Agent Systems (pages 1-13)
Federico Bergenti (Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy), Agostino Poggi (Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy)
Article 2
Telemonitoring System of Neurological Signs in a Health Telematique Network (pages 14-34)
Silviu Folea (Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania), Camelia Avram (Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania), Sorin Vidican (Neurosurgery Clinique Cluj-Napoca, Romania), Adina Astilean (Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Article 3
An Automated Method for Differential Blood Counting Using Microscope Color Image of Isolated WBC (pages 35-48)
Anant R. Koppar (P E T Research Center, India), Venugopalachar Sridhar (P E T Research Center, India)
Article 4
Patent Issues in eHealth, Especially of North and South Problems on Telemedicine (pages 49-65)
Yasumitsu Tomioka (Tokai University, Japan)
Article 5
Response Time Estimation of a Web-Based Electronic Health Record (EHR) System using Queuing Model (pages 66-78)
Isabel de la Torre Díez (University of Valladolid, Campus Miguel Delibes, Spain), Francisco Javier Díaz Pernas (University of Valladolid, Campus Miguel Delibes, Spain), Miguel López Coronado (University of Valladolid, Campus Miguel Delibes, Spain), Roberto Hornero Sánchez (University of Valladolid, Campus Miguel Delibes, Spain), María Isabel López Gálvez (University Institute of Applied Ophthalmobiology (IOBA) and the University of Valladolid, Edificio Ciencias de la Salud, Spain), Miriam Antón Rodríguez (University of Valladolid, Campus Miguel Delibes, Spain)