Computing in Medicine: Proceedings of a seminar on computing applied to medicine, held at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, in August 1981

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
The 1981 Adam Thomson Lecture Transforming Data and Ideas into Information....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Mini and Microcomputers in Medical Research....Pages 15-21
Fred: A Microprocessor-Controlled Colour Television Display System for Rehabilitation of the Handicapped....Pages 22-26
Microcomputer Assisted Cardiovascular Monitoring....Pages 27-30
Mickie: Experiences of Interviewing Patients by Micro....Pages 31-36
Interactive Computing in the Microbiology Laboratory....Pages 37-41
Data Processing in Pathology Laboratories: Why has it Taken so Long to Come of Age?....Pages 42-45
A Laboratory Microcomputing System for Physiological Signal and System Analysis....Pages 46-51
On-Line Analysis of Respiratory Waveform with a Microcomputer....Pages 52-56
Portable Microprocessor-Based Heart-Rate Meter....Pages 57-61
ECG Data Compression: Some Practical Considerations....Pages 62-67
An Analysis of Heart-Rate Variability after Myocardial Infarction....Pages 68-75
Patient Monitoring by Computer—Large or Small?....Pages 76-85
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Panel Discussion 1....Pages 89-91
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Panel Discussion 2....Pages 95-100
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
Patterns in Signals....Pages 103-110
Progress with Care....Pages 111-116
On-Line Information and Data Reduction in Patient Monitoring....Pages 117-125
Modelling Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia and its Application to the Study of Neuropathy....Pages 126-134
An Automatic System for Clinical Gait Analysis....Pages 135-141
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
The Strathclyde TV System for Human Motion Analysis....Pages 142-145
A Quantitative Method for Assessment of Differentiation Techniques Used for Locomotion Analysis....Pages 146-154
A Computer Assisted Quantitative Description of Human Muscle Contraction Tension-Time Relationship....Pages 155-159
On-Line Analysis of Motor Unit Action Potentials and the Interpretation of Specific Parameters....Pages 160-166
An Averaging Technique for a Rowing Exercise ECG Test....Pages 167-174
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Digital Image Processing in Medicine....Pages 177-186
Interactive Pattern Recognition; Desirability and Characteristics of a System....Pages 187-193
Interactive Raster Graphics for CT Scans....Pages 194-198
Signal Processing and Analysis of Biological Images....Pages 199-204
Chromosome Analysis: Image Processing or Pattern Recognition?....Pages 205-212
Graphic System for Angiographic and Echographic Images Processing and Display....Pages 213-217
Research in Medical Image Perception: A Microprocessor Application....Pages 218-223
Statistical Extraction of Features from High-Dimensional Processes....Pages 224-231
Estimation and Precision of 3-D Kinematics by Analytical Photogrammetry....Pages 232-241
Syntactic Pattern Analysis of 24-Hour Holter Records....Pages 242-250
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Cohort Studies and Calculating Risk....Pages 253-257
The Development of a Diagnostic Decision System....Pages 258-264
Integrated Health Computing: A Practical Philosophy in Western Scotland....Pages 265-268
The Use of Mainframe Computers and Scottish Health Service Statistics....Pages 269-272
A Comparison of the Structures of Computing Systems and Hospital Systems: Past, Present and Future....Pages 273-278
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
The Use of Microcomputers in Medical Education....Pages 279-282
An Evaluation of a Clinically Orientated District-Based Maternity Records System....Pages 283-288
The Nurse to Computer Interface....Pages 289-293
The Measurement and Description of the Surface Texture of the Skin....Pages 294-300
Real Time Computer Calculation of Heart Rate and its Variability in the Human Fetus Using an ‘Indirect’ or Transabdominal ECG Signal....Pages 301-308
A Microprocessor-Based Colonic Motility Index Monitor....Pages 309-314
Foresight and Hindsight in the Storage of Clinical Records....Pages 315-321
Front Matter....Pages 323-323
Computer Modelling in Physiology and Medicine....Pages 325-332
System Identification and Parameter Estimation Techniques in the Modelling of Physiological Systems: A Review....Pages 333-338
A Structural Approach to Respiratory Control Simulation....Pages 339-346
A Dynamic Model of the Respiratory System....Pages 347-355
Mathematical Modelling of Bilirubin Removal from Jaundiced Newborn Babies by Haemoperfusion....Pages 356-368
Modelling of Peritoneal Dialysis....Pages 369-376
Modelling Human Postural Control....Pages 377-388
Back Matter....Pages 389-408