In the belief that every engineer and scientist working with signals or data should have a knowledge of them, Jan (electrical engineering and computer science, Technical U. of Brno, Czech Republic) explains some of the theoretical concepts that underlie the methods now in common use to process and analyze signals and data. He examines such topics as classical digital filtering, averaging methods to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of repetitive signals, correlation and spectral analysis, methods to estimate and define unknown signals, non-linear processing and neural networks, and multidimensional signals and data. The Czech original Cislicova filtrace, analyza a resaurace signalu was published by Vutium Press, Brno, in 1997. c. Book News Inc.

New computerized approaches to various problems have become critically important in healthcare. Computer assisted diagnosis has been extended towards a support of the clinical treatment. Mathematical information analysis, computer applications have become standard tools underpinning the current rapid progress with developing Computational Intelligence. A computerized support in the analysis of patient information and implementation of a computer aided diagnosis and treatment systems, increases the objectivity of the analysis and speeds up the response to pathological changes. This book presents a variety of state-of-the-art information technology and its applications to the networked environment to allow robust computerized approaches to be introduced throughout the healthcare enterprise. Image analysis and its application is the traditional part that deals with the problem of data processing, recognition and classification. Bioinformatics has become a dynamically developed field of computer assisted biological data analysis. This book is a great reference tool for scientists who deal with problems of designing and implementing processing tools employed in systems that assist the radiologists and biologists in patient data analysis.

Ultrasonic methods have been very popular in nondestructive testing and characterization of materials. This book deals with both industrial ultrasound and medical ultrasound. The advantages of ultrasound include flexibility, low cost, in-line operation, and providing data in both signal and image formats for further analysis. The book devotes 11 chapters to ultrasonic methods. However, ultrasonic methods can be much less effective with some applications. So the book also has 14 chapters catering to other or advanced methods for nondestructive testing or material characterization. Topics like structural health monitoring, Terahertz methods, X-ray and thermography methods are presented. Besides different sensors for nondestructive testing, the book places much emphasis on signal/image processing and pattern recognition of the signals acquired.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Biomedical Image Registration, WBIR 2014, held in London, UK, in July 2014. The 16 full papers and 8 poster papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submitted papers. The full papers are organized in the following topical sections: computational efficiency, model based regularisation, optimisation, reconstruction, interventional application and application specific measures of similarity.

This is the second volume in a trilogy on modern Signal Processing. The three books provide a concise exposition of signal processing topics, and a guide to support individual practical exploration based on MATLAB programs. This second book focuses on recent developments in response to the demands of new digital technologies. It is divided into two parts: the first part includes four chapters on the decomposition and recovery of signals, with special emphasis on images. In turn, the second part includes three chapters and addresses important data-based actions, such as adaptive filtering, experimental modeling, and classification.

Intended as a handbook for administrators and engineers, this book reviews the processes of interference management, regulation of competing service providers, and system standardization for the control and use of the radio spectrum. The second edition reflects changes in the field since 1991, such as the increased use of mobile radiotelephones, the introduction of low-orbit satellite systems, restructuring of fees, and government regulation. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR