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Journal of Medical Systems Volume 21, Number 1 February 1997 CONTENTS ARTICLES The Search for the Elusive Electronic Medical Record System— Medical Liability, the Missing Factor Ralph R. Grams and Emest H. Moyer Data Quality of Administratively Collected Hospital Discharge Data for Liver Cirrhosis Epidemiology Kim Vestberg, Ane Marie Thulstrup, Henrik Toft Sorensen, Peter Ottesen, Sved Sabroe, and Hendrik Vilstrup In Search of Controlled Evidence for Health Care Quality Improvement E. Andrew Balas, Marcia G. Stockham, Joyce A. Mitchell, Mary Ellen Sievert, Bernard G. Ewigman, and Suzanne Austin Boren Logics and Logistics of Community Intervention Against Osteoporosis: An Evidence Basis John Waller, Marianne Angbratt, Carina Blomberg, Ann-Charlotte Kronhed, Lasse Larsson, Owe Léfman, Margareta Moller, Goran Toss, Mats Foldevi, and Eik Trell Implementation of a Patient Charting System: Challenges Encountered and Tactics Adopted in a Burn Center Guy Paré, Joyce J. Elam and C. Gillion Ward Journal of Medical Systems Volume 21, Number 2 April 1997 CONTENTS ARTICLES Technical Efficiencies of Turkish Hospitals: DEA Approach Korkut Ersoy, Sahin Kavuncubasi, Yasar A. Ozcan, and James M. Harris II Derivation of Correlation Coefficient Formula for Determination of Doppler Angle Using Time Domain Correlation Ultrasonic _ Flowmeter Inan Giiler A Neural Network Application to Classification of Health Status of HIV/AIDS Patients N. K. Kwak and Changwon Lee Physician Clinical Communication Systems—An Australian Perspective F. Soliman, J. Soar, L. Van der Weegen, and D. Ayres Introducing a Module for Laboratory Test Order Entry and Reporting of Results at a Hospital Ward: An Evaluation Study Using a Multi-Method Approach Truls @stbye, Anne Moen, Gunnar Erikssen, and Petter Hurlen Participation in Teleconference Support Groups: Application to Drug-Using Pregnant Patients Farrokh Alemi, Mary Jackson, Ted Parren, Leslie Williams, Balinda Cavor, Shirley Llorens, and Magboeba Mosavel Call For Papers Journal of Medical Systems Volume 21, Number 3 June 1997 CONTENTS ARTICLES A Linear Goal Programming Model for Human Resource Allocation in a Health-Care Organization N. K. Kwak and Changwon Lee A Process Model Basis for Evolving Hospital Information Systems 141 G. Vassilacopoulos and E. Paraskevopoulou Graphical 3D Medical Image Registration and Quantification 155 Edward J. Farrell, Richard J. T. Gorniak, Elissa L. Kramer, Marilyn E. Noz, Gerald Q. Maguire Jr, and David Paul Reddy A Human Resource Planning Model for Hospital/Medical Technologists: An Analytic Hierarchy Process Approach N. K. Kwak, Kevin J. McCarthy, and Gerald E. Parker Evaluation of an Algorithm to Identify Women with Carcinoma of the Breast 189 Lawrence J. Solin, Shawn MacPherson, Delray J. Schultz, and Nicholas A. Hanchak Journal of Medical Systems Volume 21, Number 4 August 1997 CONTENTS ARTICLES Neural Networks and Blood Cell Identification Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou, Hassan Sheikh, and Bin Zhu Remote Connection to the Kyushu University Medical Center LAN Using Digital and Analog Telephone Lines Yasuaki Antoku, Eisuke Hanada, Kouhei Akazawa, Yuko Kenjo, and Yoshiaki Nose Phase Information in Visual Evoked Potentials Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou and Sotirios Paviopoulos Measures of Explained Variation for a Regression Model Used in Survival Analysis Kouhei Akazawa A Simple WWW Interface and Quick Response System-Information Query System for Cross-Sectional Body Dimensions Eisuke Hanada, Yuko Kenjo, Ken Hatae, Ryuichi Kuromaru, Yasuaki Antoku, Kohei Akazawa, and Yoshiaki Nose Determining the Optimal Physician Mix in Health Maintenance Organizations Jonathan R. Vitiello and Reuven R. Levary Journal of Medical Systems Volume 21, Number 5 October 1997 CONTENTS ARTICLES Quantization Errors of the Echoes in Ultrasonic Pulsed Flowmeter Employing Time Domain Correlation Inan Giiler and Yilmaz Savas The Use of Health Indicators in Environmental Assessment Jerry Spiegel and Annalee Yassi Improving Resource Utilization Through Patient Dependency Systems FE. Soliman A Mobile Automated Mammography System Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou and Major Timothy Cooley Surgical Suite Utilization and Capacity Planning: A Minimal Cost Analysis Model David P Strum, Luis G. Vargas, Jerrold H. May, and Gerard Bashein Survey of Acute Care Hospitals in the United States Relative to Technology Usage and Technology Transfer Myron Hatcher Journal of Medical Systems Volume 21, Number 6 December 1997 CONTENTS Preface for Journal of Medical Systems 337 Peter Kokol, Bruno Stiglic, Bostijan Brumen, and Janez Brest ARTICLES A Support System for Content-Based Medical Image Retrieval in Object Oriented Databases 339 Caetano Traina Jr, Agma J. M. Traina, Rildo R. dos Santos, and Edna Y. Senzako 3D Reconstruction of Tomographic Images Applied to Largely Spaced Slices 353 Agma J. M. Traina, Afonso H. M. A. Prado, and Josiane M. Bueno LEMMA: A Language for Easy Medical Models Analysis 369 Luciano Baresi, Fabrizio Consorti, Manuele Di Paola, Antonio Garguilo, and Mauro Pezze Using an Artificial Neural Network to Define the Planning Target Volume in Radiotherapy 389 N. Kaspari, B. Michaelis, and G. Gademann The Limitations of Decision Tress and Automatic Learning in Real World Medical Decision Making 403 Milan Zorman, Milojka Molan Stiglic, Peter Kokol, and Ivan Malcié Genetic Algorithm Based System for Patient Scheduling in Highly Constrained Situations 417 Vili Podgorelec and Peter Kokol Induction of Decision Trees and Bayesian Classification Applied to Diagnosis of Sport Injuries 429 Igor Zelié, Igor Kononenko, Nada Lavraé, and Vanja Vuga Automated Computer-Assisted Detection of Follicles in Ultrasound Images of Ovary 445 Bozidar Potoénik, Damjan Zazula, and Danilo Korze