Table of Contents
Feature Extraction and Classification
Fiber Segmentation Using Constrained Clustering Daniel Duarte Abdala Xiaoyi Jiang 1
A New Multi-Task Learning Technique to Predict Classification of Leukemia and Prostate Cancer Austin H. Chen Zone-Wei Huang 11
A Benchmark for Geometric Facial Beauty Study Fangmei Chen David Zhang 21
An Effective Feature Extraction Method Used in Breath Analysis Haifen Chen Guangming Lu Dongmin Guo David Zhang 33
Classification of Diabetics with Various Degrees of Autonomic Neuropathy Based on Linear and Nonlinear Features Using Support Vector Machine Chuang-Chien Chiu Shoou-Jeng Yeh Tai-Yue Li 42
Diabetes Identification and Classification by Means of a Breath Analysis System Dongmin Guo David Zhang Naimin Li Lei Zhang Jianhua Yang 52
Automatic Measurement of Vertical Cup-to-Disc Ratio on Retinal Fundus Images Yuji Hatanaka Atsushi Noudo Chisako Muramatsu Akira Sawada Takeshi Hara Tetsuya Yamamoto Hiroshi Fujita 64
Tongue Image Identification System on Congestion of Fungiform Papillae (CFP) Bo Huang Naimin Li 73
Newborn Footprint Recognition Using Band-Limited Phase-Only Correlation Wei Jia Rong-Xiang Hu Jie Gui Ying-Ke Lei 83
Radii Solaris Extraction through Primitive Modelling Wang Junhui Ma Lin Wang Kuanquan Li Naimin 94
A DIAMOND Method for Classifying Biological Data Han-Lin Li Yao-Huei Huang Ming-Hsien Chen 104
Tongue Image Texture Segmentation Based on Gabor Filter Plus Normalized Cut Jianfeng Li Jinhuan Shi Hongzhi Zhang Yanlai Li Naimin Li Changming Liu 115
Chaos Synchronization Detector Combining Radial Basis Network for Estimation of Lower Limb Peripheral Vascular Occlusive Disease Chia Hung Lin Yung-Fu Chen Yi-Chun Du Jian-Xing Wu Tainsong Chen 126
Classification of Wrist Pulse Blood Flow Signal Using Time Warp Edit Distance Lei Liu Wangmeng Zuo Dongyu Zhang Naimin Di Hongzhi Zhang 137
Computerized Pork Quality Evaluation System Li Liu Michael O. Ngadi 145
Abnormal Image Detection Using Texton Method in Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Videos Ruwan Dharshana Nawarathna JungHwan Oh Xiaohui Yuan Jeongkyu Lee Shou Jiang Tang 153
Active Contour Method Combining Local Fitting Energy and Global Fitting Energy Dynamically Yang Yu Caiming Zhang Yu Wei Xuemei Li 163
Optic Disc Detection by Multi-scale Gaussian Filtering with Scale Production and a Vessels' Directional Matched Filter Bob Zhang Fakhri Karray 173
Retinal Vessel Centerline Extraction Using Multiscale Matched Filter and Sparse Representation-Based Classifier Bob Zhang Qin Li Lei Zhang Jane You Fakhri Karray 181
Pulse Waveform Classification Using ERP-Based Difference-Weighted KNN Classifier Dongyu Zhang Wangmeng Zuo Yanlai Li Naimin Li 191
Health Care
Development of a Ubiquitous Emergency Medical Service System Based on Zigbee and 3.5G Wireless Communication Technologies Ching-Su Chang Tan-Hsu Tan Yung-Fu Chen Yung-Fa Huang Ming-Huei Lee Jin-Chyr Hsu Hou-Chaung Chen 201
Digital Skating Board with RFID Technique for Upper Extremity Rehabilitation C.-C. Chen J.-C. Lin C.-H. Chou Y.-Y. Shih Y.-L. Chen 209
Knowledge Acquisition and Reasoning in Web Based Epidemic Analysis V.S. Harikrishnan K. Pal Amutha S. Sridevi 215
Assistive Communication Robot for Pre-operative Health Care R. Khosla M.-T. Chu K. Denecke K. Yamada T. Yamaguchi 224
Design and Implementation of a Digital Auscultation System Yuan-Hsiang Lin Chih-Fong Lin Chien-Chih Chan He-Zhong You 231
The Application of Non-invasive Oxygen Saturation Sensor to Evaluate Blood Flow in Human Yi-Te Lu Kuen-Chang Hsieh Ming-Feng Kao Yu-Ywan Chen Chiung-Chu Chung Hsueh-Kuan Lu 241
Context Aware Health Monitoring System S. Sridevi Bhattacharya Sayantani K. Pal Amutha C. Madan Mohan R. Pitchiah 249
Novel Two-Stage Analytic Approach in Extraction of Strong Herb-Herb Interactions in TCM Clinical Treatment of Insomnia Xuezhong Zhou Josiah Poon Paul Kwan Runshun Zhang Yinhui Wang Simon Poon Baoyan Liu Daniel Sze 258
Medical Diagnosis
Clinical Usage Considerations in the Development and Evaluation of a Computer Aided Diagnosis System for Acute Intracranial Hemorrhage on Brain CT Tao Chan 268
Research on the Meridian Diagnostic System Based on the Measuring Principle of the Electrical Properties of Well, Source and Sea Acupoints Fengxiang Chang Wenxue Hong Jun Jing Jialin Song Chao Ma 276
Atrial Fibrillation Analysis Based on Blind Source Separation in 12-Lead ECG Data Pei-Chann Chang Jui-Chien Hsieh Jyun-Jie Lin Feng-Ming Yeh 286
State-of-the- Art of Computer-Aided Detection/Diagnosis (CAD) Hiroshi Fujita Jane You Qin Li Hidetaka Arimura Rie Tanaka Shigeru Sanada Noboru Niki Gobert Lee Takeshi Hara Daisuke Fukuoka Chisako Muramatsu Tetsuro Katafuchi Gen Iinuma Mototaka Miyake Yasuaki Arai Noriyuki Moriyama 296
Advances in Detecting Parkinson's Disease Pei-Fang Guo Prabir Bhattacharya Nawwaf Kharma 306
Using Formal Concept Analysis to Visualize Relationships of Syndromes in Traditional Chinese Medicine Xulong Liu Wenxue Hong Jialin Song Tao Zhang 315
Wrist Pulse Diagnosis Using LDA Bo Shen Guangming Lu 325
Computerized Wrist Pulse Signal Diagnosis Using KPCA Yunlian Sun Bo Shen Yinghui Chen Yong Xu 334
Framework of Computer-Assisted Instruction and Clinical Decision Support System for Orthodontics with Case-Based Reasoning Shu-Li Wang Shih-Yi Yeh 344
Design of an Intelligent Reporting System for Cardiac Catheterization Fan Wu Hsiao-Hui Li 353
Presenting a Simplified Assistant Tool for Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Mammography to Radiologists Ping Zhang Jenny Doust Kuldeep Kumar 363
Medical Image Processing and Registration
Feature Based Non-rigid Registration Using Quaternion Subdivision Fahad Hameed Ahmad Sudha Natarajan Jimmy Liu Jiang 373
A Sparse Decomposition Approach to Compressing Biomedical Signals Lu Bing Shiqin Jiang 383
A Comparative Study of Color Correction Algorithms for Tongue Image Iinspection Xingzheng Wang David Zhang 392
An Mean Shift Based Gray Level Co-occurence Matrix for Endoscope Image Diagnosis Yilun Wu Kai Sun Xiaolin Lin Shidan Cheng Su Zhang 403
A Novel Criterion for Characterizing Diffusion Anisotropy in HARDI Data Based on the MDL Technique H.Z. Zhang T.M. McGinnity S.A. Coleman M. Jing 413
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