Computers in Biology and Medicine 1997: Vol 27 Index & Table of Contents

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Computers in Biology
and Medicine
VOLUME 27 1997
LIST OF CONTENTS AND AUTHOR INDEX
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Computers in Biology and Medicine
An International Journal
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JOCHEN R. MoOEHR, Canada
SHIRO UsulI, Japan
Davip G. GEorGE, U.S.A. RICHARD Moore, U.S.A.
RUSSELL E. WALKER, U.S.A.
STEPHEN L. GEORGE, U.S.A. KENNETH L. MossMANn, U.S.A.
EDMUND M. Giaser, U.S.A. Davip A. NaGey, U.S.A. RICHARD F. WALTERS, U.S.A.
RICHARD L. WEBBER, U.S.A.
F. P. Giick, Canada ANDERS NATTESTAD, Denmark
H. C. HEMKER, The Netherlands BRUCE OrcUuTT, U.S.A. PAMELA H. Wotr, U.S.A.
RoGER A. HorTon, U.S.A. YUN PENG, U.S.A. STUART ZIMMERMAN, U.S.A.
GEORGE Hripcsak, U.S.A. DENIS J. PRoTTI, Canada A. E. ZUCKERMAN, U.S.A.
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME 27
Number 1
H. C. Tuckwell and P. Lansky ] On the simulation of biological diffusion processes
G. Zouridakis and D. C. Tam Multi-unit spike discrimination using wavelet
transforms
C. E. Kahn Jr, L. M. Roberts, Construction of a Bayesian network for mammo-
K. A. Shaffer and P. Haddawy graphic diagnosis of breast cancer
E. E. Westberg, N. H. Mann III Integrating and presenting clinical and treatment
and D. M. Spengler outcome data for cost-effective case management
J. Sun, E. Shibata, M. Kamijima, An efficient SAS program for exact stratification of
M. Toida and Y. Takeuch person-years
L. Ohno-Machado A comparison of Cox proportional hazards and
artificial neural network models for medical
prognosis
H. Ogura, H. Agata, M. Xie, T. Odaka A study of learning splice sites of DNA sequence by
and H. Furutani neural networks
Number 2
F. J. Sanchez-Marin 77 The curvature function evolved in scale-space as
a representation of biological shapes
Y. Eshel and S. Abboud Correlation between source asymmetry and scalp
potential asymmetry in a prolate spheroid model of
the head
W. E. Higgins and R. D. Swift Distributed system for processing 3D medical images
B. He, S. Bansal, A. Tsai A comparison of volume conductor effects on body
and J. P. Saul surface Laplacian and potential ECGs: a model study
R. Benlamri, M. Batouche, S. Rami An automated system for analysis and interpretation
and C. Bouanaka of epileptiform activity in the EEG
S.C. Cassidy and D. F. Teitel Left ventricular pressure and volume data acquisition
and analysis using LabVIEW™
T. Lehmann, A. Sovakar, A comparison of similarity measures for digital
W. Schmitt and R. Repges subtraction radiography
G. van Bebber, W. Doeler, Applying local statistics to detect subtle G-bands in
R. Greinert and D. Harder chromosomes
Ill
Contents of Volume 27
Number 3
R. Miiller, M. Sergl, U. Nauerth, 177 THEMPO: a knowledge-based system for therapy
D. Schoppe, K. Pommerening planning in pediatric oncology
and H.-M. Dittrich
A. Brai and Ph. Garnerin AUDILAB: a_ knowledge-based quality audit
simulator for testing laboratories
L. Tang, M. Ohya, Y. Sato, H. Naito, Cancellation of motion artifact in MRI due to 2D
K. Harada and S. Tamura rigid translational motion
M. I. Osman Exploring a mixture of distributions using Minitab
A. Redaelli, F. Boschetti and F. Inzoli The assignment of velocity profiles in finite element
simulations of pulsatile flow in arteries
R. L. Summers, J.-P. Montani, Theoretical analysis of the mechanisms of chronic
L. H. Woodward, T. G. Coleman hyperinsulinemia
and J. E. Hall
Number 4
K. Sakai, P. Sajda, S.-C. Yen 257 Coarse-grain parallel computing for very large scale
and L. H. Finkel neural simulations in the NEXUS _ simulation
environment
L. Ohno-Machado and M. A. Musen Sequential versus standard neural networks for
pattern recognition: an example using the domain of
coronary heart disease
I. Hammel and D. Lagunoff Determination of mean particle volume, a Monte
Carlo simulation
A. F. Kohn Computer simulation of noise resulting from random
synaptic activities
C. A. Phillips, D. W. Repperger The acceleration—velocity relationship: identification
and T. L. Chelette of normal and spastic upper extremity movement
L. V. Philosophov and L. G. Ryabinina Medical diagnostic decision rules based on mutually
dependent diagnostic factors
Number 5
SPECIAL ISSUE: TIME-ORIENTED SYSTEMS IN MEDICINE
C. Combi and Y. Shahar 349 Guest Editors’ Introduction to the special issue on
Time-oriented Systems in Medicine
C. Combi and Y. Shahar Temporal reasoning and temporal data maintenance
in medicine: issues and challenges
Contents of Volume 27 V
I. A. Goralwalla, M. T. Ozsu 369 Modeling medical trials in pharmacoeconomics using
and D. Szafron a temporal object model
W. Horn, S. Miksch, G. Egghart, 389 Effective data validation of high-frequency data:
C. Popow and F. Paky time-point-, time-interval-, and trend-based methods
C. F. Aliferis, G. F. Cooper, 411 Representing and developing temporally abstracted
M. E. Pollack, B. G. Buchanan knowledge as a means towards facilitating time
and M. M. Wagner modeling in medical decision-support systems
L. Chittaro and M. Dojat 435 Using a general theory of time and change in patient
monitoring: experiment and evaluation
L. Ngo, P. Haddawy, R. A. Krieger 453 Efficient temporal probabilistic reasoning via
and J. Helwig context-sensitive model construction
Number 6
J. K.-J. Li, J. Y. Zhu and M. Nanna 477 Computer modeling of the effects of aortic valve
stenosis and arterial system afterload on left
ventricular hypertrophy
S. B. Jiang, Z.-M. Luo, T. Pawlicki 487 A fast numerical algorithm for electron mean energy
and K. M. Ayyangar calculation in radiation therapy
D. W. Repperger, C. C. Ho, 493 Microprocessor based spatial TENS (transcutaneous
P. Aukuthota, C. A. Phillips, electric nerve stimulator) designed with waveform
D.C. Johnson and S. R. Collins optimality for clinical evaluation in a pain study
B.-Z. Liu, J. Peng, Y.-C. Sun 507 A comprehensive dynamical model of pulsatile
and Y.-W. Liu secretion of the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis
in man
J.C. Barry, U. M. Pongs and W. Hillen 515 Algorithm for Purkinje images I and IV and limbus
centre localization
T. Lee, V. Ng, R. Gallagher, 533 DullRazor*: a software approach to hair removal
A. Coldman and D. McLean from images
I Volume Contents and Author Index to Volume 27, 1997