Advances in Healthcare Technology: Shaping the Future of Medical Care

Abstract

Technology has played and will play an important role in many aspects of the healthcare system, offering new and better ways to solve the key health problems. This book describes the contributions of technology for improving hospital and home healthcare, and gives a perspective on how they influence critical aspects of medical care. Advances and trends in healthcare technology / Robert Gossink, Jacques Souquet -- Diagnostic imaging / Falko Busse -- Reconstruction technologies for medical imaging systems / Roland Proksa -- Detectors for x-ray imaging and computed tomography / Michael Overdick -- 3D-rotational x-ray imaging / Volker Rasche, Michael Grass, Robert Manzke -- Coronary magnetic resonance angiography / Peter Bornert, Kay Nehrke, Dye Jensen -- 4-Dimensional ultrasonic imaging / Christopher S. Hall -- Clinical hybrid imaging: image co-registration and hardware combination for PET/CT and SPECT/CT / Y. Hamisch [and others] -- New technology for image-guided therapy / Jeffrey Yanof, Michael Kuhn -- Image-guided therapy (IGT) : new CT and hybrid imaging technologies / Jeffrey Yanof [and others] -- Developments in cardiac interventions / Jörn Borgert [and others] -- MRI-guided focused ultrasound / Chrit T.W. Moonen, Charles Mougenot -- Advances in external beam radiation therapy / Todd McNutt, Michael R. Kaus, Lothar Spies -- Molecular imaging guided radiotherapy / Kenneth A. Krohn, Lothar Spies -- Molecular medicine / Hans Hofstraat -- Molecular imaging systems / Tobias Schaeffter -- Biomarkers in disease diagnosis and treatment / Ralf Hoffmann -- Molecular agents for targeted imaging and therapy / Holger Grüll, Marc S. Robillard -- Targeted nanoparticles for molecular imaging and therapy / Shelton D. Caruthers, Samuel A. Wickline, Gregory M. Lanza -- Molecular imaging with Annexin A5 / Chris Reutelingsperger, Leonard Hofstra -- Proteomics for diagnostic applications / Gordon R. Whiteley -- Medical information technology / Charles Lagor [and others] -- Developments in clinical information technology / Kees Smedema, Cor Loef, Bert Verdonck -- Computer aided detection and quantification / Rafael Wiemker [and others] -- Medical decision support systems / William P. Lord, Dale C. Wiggins -- Bioinformatics / J. David Schaffer, Nevenka Dimitrova, Michael Zhang -- Perspectives in personal healthcare / Thomas Zaengel, Eric Thelen, Jeroen Thijs -- On-body sensors for personal healthcare / Olaf Such [and others] -- Automated external defibrillators for layperson use / Chuck Little, Wendy B. Katzman -- Remote patient monitoring solutions / David Simons, Tadashi Egami, Jeff Perry -- Diabetic care / Golo von Basum [and others].