Genetic and evolutionary computation : medical applications / edited by Stephen Smith, Stefano Cagnoni.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Stephen L., 1962-

Cagnoni, Stefano, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Data processing.

Medicine.

Genetic programming (Computer science).

Evolutionary programming (Computer science).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, U.K. : Wiley, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Genetic and Evolutionary Computation: Medical Applications provides an overview of the range of GEC techniques being applied to medicine and healthcare in a context that is relevant not only for existing GEC practitioners but also those from other disciplines, particularly health professionals. There is rapidly increasing interest in applying evolutionary computation to problems in medicine, but to date no text that introduces evolutionary computation in a medical context. By explaining the basic introductory theory, typical application areas and detailed implementation in one coherent

Contents:

Evolutionary computation : a brief overview

A review of medical applications of genetic and evolutionary computation

Evolutionary deformable models for medical image segmentation / Chris McIntosh and Ghassan Hamarneh

Feature selection for the classification of microcalcifications in digital mammograms using genetic algorithms, sequential search, and class separability / Santiago E. Conant-Pablos, Rolando R. Hernández-Cisneros and Hugo Terashima-Marin

Hybrid detection of features within the retinal fundus using a genetic algorithm / Vitoantonio Bevilacqua ... [et al.]

Genetic programming for exploring medical data using visual spaces / Julio J. Valdes, Alan J. Barton, and Robert Orchard

An interactive search for rules in medical data using multiobjective evolutionary algorithms / Daniela Zaharie, Diana Lungeanu, and Flavia Zamfirache

Analysis of mammography reports using maximum variation sampling / Robert M. Patton, Barbara G. Beckerman, and Thomas E. Potok

Towards an alternative to magnetic resonance imaging for vocal tract shape measurement using the principles of evolution / David M. Howard, Andy M. Tyrrell, and Crispin Cooper

The objective assessment of visuo-spatial ability using implicit context representation cartesian genetic programming / Michael A. Lones and Stephen L. Smith

How genetic algorithms can improve pacemaker efficiency / Laurent Dumas and Linda El Alaoui

The future for genetic and evolutionary computation in medicine : opportunities, challenges and rewards.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612822902

9781119956785

1119956781

9780470973134

0470973137

9781282822900

128282290X

9780470973141

0470973145

OCLC:

680322786