Pub Date : 2008-01-21DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2007.911964
J. Webster, K. Dremstrup
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Pub Date : 2008-01-01DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2007.911410
P. King, Neal Sanders
This book, part of the Wiley series on Bioinformatics: Computational Techniques and Engineering, includes 16 chapters and 355 pages. It has extensive references on each chapter and an overall index. More than 50 authors contribute to the text, which is largely written as a series of research papers that are combined in book format. There are chapters on protein secondary-structure prediction, protein-protein interaction, protein identification, RNA secondary structure visualization, drug activity comparisons, cancer classification with microarray data, and cancer survival based on gene expression data. Other topics covered include data representation, storage, and access; text mining; and cluster analysis. The book is well written and edited. It is a worthwhile read for any bioinformatician and fulfills its stated objective of presenting cutting-edge research topics.
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populated with homework problems, solutions manuals, MATLAB files, and WebCT files (for those using that courseware). Overall, instructors selecting this book will be disappointed if they are expecting a traditional instrumentation text. For example, the circuits and sensors portion of the text is just a fraction of the size of the section on probability and statistics. However, if the focus of the class is to be on measurements, this book does an excellent job of taking a student from basic physics up to signal processing. Like many books, the lack of BME examples means that an instructor will have to supplement the text throughout. Despite these limitations, Dunn’s new text is a welcome addition to the possibilities for biomedical measurements classes. —Robert Malkin Duke University Systems Biology in Practice: Concepts, Implementation and Application Edda Klipp, Ralf Herwig, Axel Kowald, Christopher Wierling, and Hans Lehrach, Wiley-VCH, 2005. ISBN-13: 9783-527-31078-4, 465 pages, US$160.00. Systems biology is the emerging approach and philosophy for the study and investigation of biomolecular and chemical interactions, driven by advances in experimental techniques and applications of computational models. This text approaches biology, more specifically cell-related biology, from an approach perhaps more common in engineering than in biology. This is first evident in the systems approach used by the authors, although this method is different from that commonly associated with systems physiology. This distinction is much more than the macroview of systems physiology versus the microoutlook of cellular networks and interactions. The authors even refer to this systems approach as the practice of biology, much as engineers might refer to the practice of engineering. The intent of the book is to offer a survey for those adept in biology, biophysics, and bioinformatics and for researchers in allied fields. The authors apply several trinities in their definition of and approach to systems biology. The three elements used to define systems biology are the coordinated investigation of cellular networks and interactions, applying experimental and laboratory techniques, and computational model integration. The three aspects causing the need for an evolving systems view relate to emerging computational modalities and tools and are experimentation, data handling, and mathematical modeling.
包含作业问题、解决方案手册、MATLAB文件和WebCT文件(对于那些使用该课件的人)。总的来说，选择这本书的教师将会失望，如果他们期望一个传统的仪器文本。例如，文本的电路和传感器部分只是概率和统计部分的一小部分。然而，如果课程的重点是测量，这本书做了一个很好的工作，带学生从基础物理到信号处理。像许多书一样，缺乏BME示例意味着教师必须从头到尾补充文本。尽管有这些限制，邓恩的新文本是一个受欢迎的补充，为生物医学测量类的可能性。Edda Klipp, Ralf Herwig, Axel Kowald, Christopher Wierling和Hans Lehrach, Wiley-VCH, 2005。ISBN-13: 9783-527-31078- 4,465页，160.00美元。系统生物学是研究和调查生物分子和化学相互作用的新兴方法和哲学，受到实验技术和计算模型应用的进步的推动。这篇文章接近生物学，更具体地说，细胞相关的生物学，从一个方法可能更常见的工程比生物学。这在作者使用的系统方法中首先是明显的，尽管这种方法不同于通常与系统生理学相关的方法。这种区别不仅仅是系统生理学的宏观观点与细胞网络和相互作用的微观观点的区别。作者甚至将这种系统方法称为生物学实践，就像工程师将其称为工程实践一样。这本书的目的是提供一个调查，为那些熟练的生物学，生物物理学和生物信息学和研究人员在相关领域。作者在系统生物学的定义和方法中应用了几个三位一体。用于定义系统生物学的三个要素是对细胞网络和相互作用的协调研究，应用实验和实验室技术，以及计算模型集成。导致需要发展系统视图的三个方面与新兴的计算模式和工具有关，它们是实验、数据处理和数学建模。
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Measurement and Data Analysis for Engineering and Science (5th edition) Patrick F. Dunn, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2004. ISBN: 0072825383, 540 pages, US$152.00. One of the requirements of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology for biomedical engineering (BME) programs is that students know how to make measurements on living systems. Indeed, many BME departments are teaching a course titled Medical Measurements. However, many of these courses are taught with books that do not focus on measurements but rather on instruments, while instrumentation books tend to teach students how specific medical instruments work and not the general theory of making measurements on living systems. However, it is not just BME that lacks a selection of textbooks on measurement theory. Dr. Patrick Dunn’s book Measurement and Data Analysis for Engineering and Science attempts to fill a similar gap in mechanical engineering. Although not ideal for all BME measurement courses, Dunn’s book, with supplementation, is a viable alternative for some. Dunn’s book is probably best used by junior undergraduates, or perhaps seniors. It has many excellent features that distinguish it from its peers. It is well written with clear learning objectives stated for each chapter. The author is clearly aware that not all students approach measurement theory with innate enthusiasm. As such, the chapters contain motivating diversions. Each chapter contains a crossword puzzle that reviews the material covered in that section. Also, each chapter opens with a historical vignette. For example, Chapter 1 opens with a picture of Leeuwenhoek’s microscope and three interesting paragraphs on the history of the device, the way the device worked, and why the measurements it made mattered. The first two chapters of the book (‘‘Introduction to Experiments’’ and ‘‘Units and Significant Figures’’) cover topics that are often overlooked in engineering education. Even measurement textbooks often fail to cover these important topics. Many faculty members teaching measurement theory from an instrumentation textbook are forced to supplement the text for teaching these topics. Chapter 3, ‘‘Technical Communication,’’ is also an important topic. However, it is often covered elsewhere in the BME curriculum. Also, the chapter is too brief to be helpful if this is the only exposure to the topic an engineer gets. For example, a little more than one page is given to proper grammar and punctuation. Just a bit more is given to Power Point presentations. It is unlikely that a high school education devoid of grammar training can be undone with this brief treatment. Chapter 4 would be appropriate for those BME curricula that do not require a circuits class as a prerequisite for measurements. However, it is very challenging to cover in a single chapter what many departments cover in one semester. Yet, Dunn does an admirable job. Dunn attempts to start where physics stops and continue up to the transistor.
工程与科学测量与数据分析(第5版)Patrick F. Dunn, McGraw-Hill高等教育，2004。ISBN: 0072825383, 540页，152.00美元。生物医学工程(BME)项目的工程和技术认证委员会的要求之一是学生知道如何对生命系统进行测量。事实上，许多BME系都在教授一门名为“医学测量”的课程。然而，许多这类课程的授课书籍并不关注测量，而是关注仪器，而仪器类书籍往往教给学生具体的医疗仪器是如何工作的，而不是对生命系统进行测量的一般理论。然而，不只是BME缺乏关于测量理论的教科书选择。帕特里克·邓恩博士的著作《工程与科学的测量与数据分析》试图填补机械工程领域类似的空白。虽然不是所有BME测量课程的理想选择，但Dunn的书及其补充，对一些人来说是一个可行的选择。邓恩的书可能最适合大三本科生或大四学生使用。它有许多优秀的特点，使它区别于同类产品。它写得很好，每一章都有明确的学习目标。作者清楚地意识到，并不是所有的学生都对测量理论有与生俱来的热情。因此，这些章节包含了激励的消遣。每一章都包含一个纵横字谜，回顾该部分所涵盖的材料。此外，每一章都以一个历史小插曲开头。例如，第一章以列文虎克显微镜的图片开头，然后用三段有趣的文字讲述了该仪器的历史、工作原理以及测量结果的重要性。本书的前两章(“实验导论”和“单元与重要数字”)涵盖了工程教育中经常被忽视的主题。即使是测量教科书也常常不能涵盖这些重要的主题。许多教授测量理论的教师都被迫从仪器教科书中补充这些主题的内容。第三章“技术交流”也是一个重要的主题。然而，它通常在BME课程的其他地方涵盖。此外，如果这是工程师唯一接触到的主题，那么这一章太简短了，没有什么帮助。例如，用一页多一点的篇幅来说明正确的语法和标点符号。稍微多花一点时间在ppt上。缺乏语法训练的高中教育不太可能被这种简短的治疗所取消。第4章将适用于那些不需要电路课程作为测量先决条件的BME课程。然而，要在一个章节中涵盖许多系在一个学期中涵盖的内容是非常具有挑战性的。然而，邓恩做了一件令人钦佩的工作。邓恩试图从物理学停止的地方开始，一直到晶体管。这是一个很大的领域，肯定会让一些教师不满意。例如，当覆盖如此广泛的基础时，命名法就成了一个问题。首先，用于电压，然后是V，然后是e。然而，当面对不带电路的教学测量的选择时，本章确实向学生展示了所需的基础知识。下一章是关于校准和系统。有了大量的例子和一个关于系统的坚实部分，这一章是典型的测量文本。接下来，第6章将本书与传统的生物医学工程师仪器书显著区分开来。没有一长串传感器和它们的物理原理。相反，邓恩选择展示几个选定的传感器。这当然符合本书的重点——测量——但可能会让一些教师不得不补充他们最喜欢的传感器。这一章并没有把重点放在传感器上，而是增加了电路中通常教授的概念:无源和有源模拟滤波器。不幸的是，第6章以数字滤波器和模数转换一节结束。这个主题不会在接下来的章节中立即发挥作用，并且与模拟材料有很大不同。这将是更合适的涵盖这两个主题到书的末尾，在数字信号的处理。第7-10章涉及统计和概率。这些题目对测量教科书来说是一个难题。一方面，它们对于理解度量是至关重要的。另一方面，许多学校要求在他们的课程中开设统计学课程。然而，如果统计课程不是测量课程的先决条件，那么在这种情况下，它对学生没有什么好处。邓恩决定在他的书中深入探讨这些材料。这种方法的优点是，关键材料，具有一致的命名，是在学生的指尖。 如果老师愿意，他可以涵盖这一部分，跳过它，或者把它作为阅读作业(尽管这是书中很大一部分的自学作业)。关于统计和概率的章节涵盖了所有的基础知识，包括概率，概率密度，假设检验，实验设计，不确定性分析，回归和数字对象标识符10.1109/MEMB.2007.907087 Paul King
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• Rolawn Ltd have appointed Andy Church, latterly with Lawn Technology Ltd and formerly chief grounds manager with Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, as their area manager for London. Andy will cover an area extending northwards to Milton Keynes. • I was sorry to learn that Dennis Archer, a valued friend and latterly a member of the board of management until ill-health dogged his mobility, had fallen foul of the surgeon's knife and is now slowly recuperating following the loss of a limb. Reportedly swinging his way around the surgical ward, in a wheelchair, just days after the operation, this lion-hearted man never did know the meaning of quitting he's a fighter and we applaud him. Come through safely, Dennis we're all pulling for you! • Brendan Duffy has been appointed supervisor of the new Golf Practice Centre at St Andrews, which opens this month. The centre boasts specialised areas for pitching, bunker play and putting practice, and is also equipped with video equipment to facilitate swing analysis. • Fore! Construction of golf playing facilities at Oaklands College, Hertfordshire, (contractors Brian D Pierson and Watermation Irrigation) is well underway. Finance for the project (£30,000) has been accumulated from golf club donations, a 'matched' funding arrangement through the local Training and Enterprise Council, a BIGGA training award of £500, and college funds. Oaklands is a GTC approved college. m • Only two colleges run HND courses in Golf Course Management at present, and it is appropriate that a golf match should have taken place between them. Using the home advantage, Reaseheath College used a fistful of t rump cards escaped bullocks on the fairways, hailstorms, rain, and a low flying hot-air balloon to scrape home winners from a hard-pressing Cannington College. • Following the acquisition of Lawn Technology in January, The Inturf Group has announced the appointment of Chris Bradshaw to its management team. Chris, who held a directorship with the company that invented the Big Roll turfing system, will be responsible for all technical and marketing aspects of turf sales and installation work throughout the south of England. • An internal promotion at Sleaford-based Sharpes International has resulted in Wilson Hendry being appointed assistant to Paul Billings, who is the company's amenity grass seed product manager. Prior to joining the amenity grass seed department, Wilson worked as a seed analyst at Sharpes licenced seed testing station the largest commercial station in the UK. • Four former Maxwell Hart staff, made redundant when Maxwell Hart was bought by rival T Parker recently, have joined forces to set up a new company Driving Force Leisure. The company will supply a comprehensive list of products for the greenkeeper, distributing from premises in Maidstone (Tel: 0734 266130) and Oxford. Also formed to operate in tandem with Driving Force Leisure is a sister company Easy Picker Europe an exclusive agency for the American 'Easy P
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IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2007 I trust that everyone has had a restful and productive summer. For me, this summer has been filled with travel around the world. Apart from short trips all over the United States and a vacation at Cape Cod, I attended the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference in Hawaii and the EMBS Annual International Conference in Lyon, France. I still find it hard to believe that summer is coming to a close and another school year has begun. I hope that you will enjoy this issue on eHealth applications from guest editors Ilias Maglogiannis, Manolis Wallace, and Kostas Karpouzis. The importance of eHealth is critical for treatment and diagnosis of disease for the aging population around the world. This column is a continuation on my BME accreditation experience at UConn. At the ASEE meeting, I attended many excellent presentations on accreditation, ranging from accreditation best practices to assessment of program outcomes. I highly recommend this conference to all preparing for an accreditation visit. The self-study for our program was completed in June and sent to ABET with a great sense of relief. It totaled 219 pages. It is hard to believe all the work that went into this document by our ABET Committee. There are still a few last-minute additions to the self-study that will be added before our visit in the fall as more input from our alumni and their employers is received. I have been collecting alumni and employer survey data for the past two years for assessment of criterion 2 (program educational objectives). In an article published in 2003 [1], these objectives are described as
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We have provided an overview of state-of-the-art ROI coding techniques applied to medical images. These techniques are classified according to the image type they apply to; thus the first class includes ROI coding schemes developed for two-dimensional (2-D) still medical images whereas the second class consists of ROI coding in the case of volumetric images. In the third class, a prototype ROI encoder for compression of angiogram video sequences is presented. ROI coding preserves image quality in diagnostically critical regions by performing advanced image compression, enabling better image examination and addressing issues regarding image handling and transmission in telemedicine systems. The mapping of the ROI from the spatial domain to the wavelet domain is dependent on the used wavelet filters and it is simplified for rectangular and circular regions. Therefore, ROI coding is considered quite important in distributed and networked electronic healthcare.
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{"title":"Membership Development Retreat and Orientation [Society News]","authors":"J. Monzon","doi":"10.1109/EMB.2007.901784","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EMB.2007.901784","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50391,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine","volume":"26 1","pages":"8-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/EMB.2007.901784","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62250699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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