Medical Imaging Technologies and Methods for Health Care provides timely, evidence-based information that helps readers understand innovations in medical imaging. These innovations are computer / imaging based technologies which are set to have a bigger impact on the detection and management of human diseases.<br/> <br/>This volume covers:<br/>-Image processing and analyses<br/>-Computer-aided diagnosis and detection <br/>-Data mining in medical imaging<br/>-Mobile picture archiving and communications systems (PACS)<br/>-Image analytic methods in bone mineral density and detection of Alzheimer’s disease<br/>-Biomedical engineering methods applied in biomedical imaging <br/> <br/>This volume is intended as a useful resource for undergraduate and post-graduate students in medical imaging technology, radiographers, doctors, biomedical engineers, researchers and practitioners in health care.<br/>