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Genomics, Populations, and Society

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December 1, 2024
Ruth Chadwick + 1 more
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Genomics, Populations, and Society, a new volume in the Genomic and Precision Medicine in Clinical Practice series, considers the vast and thorny web of ELSI topics in genomics, from bioethics to healthcare applications, healthcare economics, genomic data management, and population dynamics. Emphasis is placed on the impact of rapid genomic advances on ethical, sociocultural and lifestyle dimensions. Healthcare and health economics topics include genomics and digital health, genome editing, and genomics and infectious disease management. Legal issues related to data ownership, equity, access, probity, consent, and confidentiality are also discussed in-depth, along with sociocultural topics such as community engagement, consanguinity, and more.Here, a range of readers from researchers to clinicians, policy administrators, lawyers, economists and social scientists will discover carefully crafted, synthesized discussions on ELSI topics in genomics to power new scientific advances and genomic medicine implementation.

Less-Supervised Segmentation with CNNs

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December 1, 2024
Jose Dolz + 2 more
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Less-Supervised Segmentation with CNNs: Scenarios, Models and Optimization reviews recent progress in deep learning for image segmentation under scenarios with limited supervision, with a focus on medical imaging. The book presents main approaches and state-of-the-art models and includes a broad array of applications in medical image segmentation, including healthcare, oncology, cardiology and neuroimaging. A key objective is to make this mathematical subject accessible to a broad engineering and computing audience by using a large number of intuitive graphical illustrations. The emphasis is on giving conceptual understanding of the methods to foster easier learning.This book is highly suitable for researchers and graduate students in computer vision, machine learning and medical imaging.

Innovation in Nephrology

1st Edition
December 1, 2024
Nancy Patterson + 3 more
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Innovation in Nephrology: Technology Development and Commercialization Handbook is a step-by-step guide to nephrology technology innovation reflects recent trends of industry globalization and value-conscious healthcare. Written by a team of medical, engineering, and business experts, the authors provide a comprehensive resource that leads clinicians, students, researchers, and entrepreneurs through a clear process for the identification, invention, and implementation of new solutions. Case studies on innovative products from around the world, successes and failures, practical advice, and end-of-chapter 'Getting Started' sections encourage readers to learn from real projects and apply important lessons to their own work. In short, this book will be of interest to every nephrologist who has ever had a good idea for an invention but does not know where and how to start bringing it to the bedside.

Cushing Syndrome

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December 1, 2024
Constantine A. Stratakis
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Cushing Syndrome: History, Diagnosis, and Treatment is written by top experts on the latest in genetics, molecular advances, diagnosis and treatment of Cushing syndrome. The book takes a historical approach to discuss the tremendous unprecedented research development for this rare condition and includes recently approved medications available. It covers everything from exogenous Cushing syndrome and how to deal with its complications, pseudo-Cushing syndrome (non-tumorous functional hypercortisolemia), endogenous cortisol production and its old and new treatment modalities, from pituitary to adrenal tumors, ectopic ACTH production, subclinical, cyclical Cushing syndrome, to aging and metabolic syndrome. The book has a section dedicated to our patients with the patients’ experiences, which will add to the outcome research presented by the physicians.This is a must have reference for scientists and researchers with the latest information in diagnosing and treating this difficult-to-diagnose and difficult-to-treat condition and gives the clinician, a patient-centric approach to communicate with this particular group of patients.

Multi-Omics Technology in Human Health and Diseases

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December 1, 2024
Muzafar Macha + 2 more
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Multi-Omics Technology in Human Health and Diseases: Genomics, Epigenomics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, Radiomics, Multi-omic provides a way forward in understanding complete disease etiology and prognosis. This unique book gives a comprehensive understanding of multi-omics technology and its applications in understanding complex human health and disease, and not only introduces the technology, but also its use for biomarker identification, drug discovery, and disease prognostication. This is the first resource on currently utilized multiomics technology for big data interpretation, and is thus perfect for researchers, academia, students, and an industrial audience. As a comprehensive understanding of human health and diseases, particularly cancer, requires knowledge of molecular biomarkers at a multi-omics level, including genome, epigenome, transcriptome, proteome, and metabolome, which is meagerly available or highly lacking among the students and scientific researchers, this book checks all the right boxes.

Human-Machine interfaces in Medical Robotics

1st Edition
December 1, 2024
Yanpei Huang + 3 more
English
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Human-Machine Interfaces in Medical Robotics presents essential and advanced information on developing intuitive human-machine interfaces (HMI) for robotic surgery and rehabilitation. This book provides extensive coverage of multidisciplinary information needed to develop efficient HMI, discussing core technologies of the field, including hand-free control strategies, sensory feedback, data-driven approaches, human-robot shared control, autonomous control, human motor adaption, training, and learning.Arranged in three parts, including interfaces in medical robotics, intelligent machines, and human users, this book provides potential solutions to open questions like what the optimal interface and efficient interaction mode is to facilitate a surgeon’s operation, a patient’s motor control, or human augmentation.

Chest Blunt Trauma

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December 1, 2024
Piergiorgio Solli + 1 more
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Chest Blunt Trauma: A Modern Approach to a Multidisciplinary Disease provides novel treatment ideas for cardiothoracic injuries. The book interweaves knowledge of new surgical techniques, better understanding of patho-physiologic effects of injuries, and enhanced intensive care methods to create a holistic strategy of patient support. This text is a welcome addition for any clinician or researcher seeking refreshed information on the management of trauma to the chest wall.While non-operative treatment has long been the standard of care, the book discusses the vast improvements in understanding how to treat cardiothoracic injuries. Innovative surgical techniques, instruments, post-operative care, and the multisystemic nature of this illness.

Robotic Orthosis for Assisting Physical Rehabilitation

1st Edition
December 1, 2024
Jorge Isaac Chairez Oria + 3 more
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Robotic Orthosis for Assisting Physical Rehabilitation: Comprehensive Design, Implementation and Automatic Control Strategies presents a comprehensive study for designing advanced robotic orthosis that may contribute to the rehabilitation process of human beings. The book analyzes the mechanical design, electrical instrumentation, automatic control design, and validation methods of robotic orthoses. In the first chapters, a precise and complete description of the mechanical design methods for active orthoses is provided, showing the design schemes, efficient and useful materials, as well as the class of components needed to enforce the adequate interaction between the orthotic device and human user.The second part of the book analyzes electrical/electronic elements as well as the automatization strategies that may be implemented for developing active orthoses. The relevance of sensors and actuators that can drive the regulated motions that correspond to planned rehabilitation strategies is also presented. The third part of the book analyzes the clinical process needed to validate and apply robotic orthoses in medical protocols as well as established treatments. Examples of upper and lower limbs, spinal cord, and neck orthoses are completely developed. These examples are illustrated at two levels - numerical simulations, and actual experimental evaluations of the proposed devices.

Methods for the Study of Microbial Biofilms

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December 1, 2024
Abhishek Guldhe + 2 more
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Methods for the study of microbial biofilms: Current Trends and Recent Advancements provides a detailed overview of the latest techniques for the study of biofilms. The book explores a wide range of methods for the characterization and study of cells within biofilms, including microscopy techniques, genomic approaches, transcriptomics, proteomic and proteogenomic tools. Computational and mathematical modelling are also covered.Chapters investigate the physiology of biofilm cells, gene expression pathways related to the formation, maturation and dispersion of biofilms, and molecular factors governing the biofilm formation and development, providing an overview of techniques that can be used at the cellular and molecular level. This book provides a broad overview of the biofilm field, along with the range of techniques that can be used to study and better understand them.

Transplant Oncology

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December 1, 2024
Maen Abdelrahim
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Transplant Oncology: A Frontier in Multidisciplinary Cancer Care summarizes new and evolving scientific findings and discoveries in the field of cancer and transplants and gives guidance on future directions and related research. With a strong focus on transplant oncology, the book examines new and evolving topics, including the utilization of immunotherapy in special patient populations as well as the clinical updates on new concepts in the field such as using circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) as a tool for minimal disease detection, surveillance, and treatment response evaluation as well as rejection assessment and detection in transplant patient for oncological indications.Sections cover applications of transplant medicine and surgery in oncology to improve patient survival outcome and quality of life. The book gives insight into anticancer strategies, such as initiating studies in genomics and cancer immunogenomics based on new insights in liver cancer.In addition, it describes how the adoption of surgical transplantation techniques in oncology has improved conventional resection and bridged the gap between tumor and transplant immunology. This is a must have reference for all those that want to be familiar and up-to-date with the dynamic changes in the field including practicing physicians, scientists, and trainees.