Using Multimedia Systems, Tools, and Technologies for Smart Healthcare Services

With the advancement of sensorial media, objects, and technologies,  multimedia can play a significant role in smart healthcare by offering  better insight of heterogeneous healthcare multimedia content to support  affordable and quality patient care. While researchers and the  scientific community have been making advances in the study of  multimedia tools and healthcare services individually, very little  attention has been given to developing cost effective and affordable  smart healthcare services. Multimedia-based smart healthcare has the  potential to revolutionize many aspects of our society; however, many  technical challenges must be addressed before this potential can be  realized. Using Multimedia Systems, Tools, and Technologies for Smart  Healthcare Services includes high-quality research on the recent  advances in various aspects of intelligent interactive multimedia  technologies in healthcare services and, more specifically, in the  state-of-the-art approaches, methodologies, and systems in the design,  development, deployment, and innovative use of multimedia systems,  tools, and technologies for providing insights into smart healthcare  service demands. Covering topics such as genetic algorithms, automatic  classification of diseases, and structural equation modeling, this  premier reference source is an essential resource for hospital  administrators, medical professionals, health IT specialists, hospital  technicians, students and faculty of higher education, researchers, and  academicians.