REVIEWS
High-Accurate Feature-Based Registration on Whole Body Thermographs with Outer Contour and
Inner Frames
Ming-Yih Lee and Chi-Shih Yang
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 291-299 (2011)
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Telemedicine in India: A Review Challenges and Role of Image Compression
A. M. Sapkal and V. K. Bairagi
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 300-306 (2011)
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RESEARCH ARTICLES
Blind Deconvolution and Retinal Abnormality Detection in Blurred Retinal Images
Uvais A. Qidwai and Umair Qidwai
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 307-316 (2011)
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Design and Implementation of a Continuous Wave Near Infrared Spectroscopy System for Bedside and
Home Monitoring
Han Xue, Marco Bestonzo, U. Rajendra Acharya, and Filippo Molinari
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 317-324 (2011)
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Auditory Display as a Prosthetic Hand Biofeedback
Jose Gonzalez, Hirokazu Soma, Masashi Sekine, and Wenwei Yu
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 325-333 (2011)
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Development of Renyi's Entropy Based Fuzzy Divergence Measure for Leukocyte Segmentation
Madhumala Ghosh, Dev Kumar Das, Ajoy K. Ray, and Chandan Chakraborty
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 334-340 (2011)
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Analysis of Body Response to Functional Electrical Stimulation on Hemiphlegic Subjects Using Higher
Order Spectra
U. Rajendra Acharya, Wenwei Yu, Subhagata Chattopadhyay, Kuanyi Zhu, E. Y. K. Ng, and G. Swapna
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 341-349 (2011)
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Heart Rate Variability Estimated by Heart Instantaneous Frequency in Low-Constrained Tasks
Pei-Kuang Chao, Hsiao-Lung Chan, Jing-Jie Huang, and Wen-Yen Hsu
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 350-353 (2011)
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High Resolution Optical Imaging of Epithelial and Neuronal Cells
V. K. Mohankumar, Parasuraman Padmanabhan, K. Sathiyamoorthy, V. M. Murukeshan,
James Joseph, and Kishore K. Bhakoo
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 354-359 (2011)
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A Hybrid Technique for ECG Parameter Extraction Using LabVIEW and MATLAB
V. Kalpana, S. T. Hamde, and L. M. Waghmare
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 360-365 (2011)
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DNA Microarray Data Analysis Using a Correlational Bayesian Network
Haiyan Piao
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 366-370 (2011)
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A Remote Healthcare System Supported by Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
Maode Ma and Dong Ma
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 371-374 (2011)
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Classification of Normal, Neuropathic, and Myopathic Electromyograph Signals Using Nonlinear
Dynamics Method
U. Rajendra Acharya, E. Y. K. Ng, G. Swapna, and Yew Shi Lin Michelle
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 375-380 (2011)
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Table of Contents to Volume 1, Numbers 1-4, 2011
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 381-383 (2011)
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Author Index to Volume 1, Numbers 1-4, 2011
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 384-388 (2011)
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Subject Index to Volume 1, Numbers 1-4, 2011
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 389-391 (2011)
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A SPECIAL ISSUE
Selected Peer-Reviewed Articles from First Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering (MECBME)
Guest Editors:Khaled Assaleh, Hasan Al-Nashash, and Yasser M. Kadah
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 197-198 (2011)
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RESEARCH ARTICLES
Estimation of the Breast Boundary in Mammograms Using Level Sets
Gregoris Liasis and Styliani Petroudi
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 199-206 (2011)
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Optical Strain Measurement and Tear-Out Behavior of Sutured Porcine Small Intestine Tissue Using a
Standarized Procedure
Kathrin Gester, Carolin Gabler, Klaus-Thilo von Trotha, Nick Butz, Ulf P. Neumann, Thomas Schmitz-Rode, and
Ulrich Steinseifer
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 207-212 (2011)
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FES Controller Design Based on Threshold Control Theory for Single Joint Movement
Lan Li, Zhu Kuanyi, U. Rajendra Acharya, and C. M. Lim
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 213-224 (2011)
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Real-Time Detection of Myocardial Infarction by Evaluation of ST-Segment in Digital ECG
Sadeer G. Al-Kindi and Reza Tafreshi
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 225-230 (2011)
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A Computation Tool to Simulate Trunk Motion and Predict Muscle Activation by Assigning Different
Weights to Physical and Physiological Criteria
Majid Khorsand Vakilzadeh, Alireza Sedighi, Hassan Salarieh, Mohsen Asghari, and Mohammad Parnianpour
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 231-237 (2011)
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A Mobile Sensing and Imaging System for Real-Time Monitoring of Spine Health
Noura Farra, Bilal El-Sayed, Nadine Moacdieh, Hazem Hajj, Ziad Hajj, and Rachid Haidar
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 238-245 (2011)
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A Poroelastic Finite Element Model to Describe the Time-Dependent Response of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc
M. Nikkhoo, M. Haghpanahi, J. L. Wang, and M. Parnianpour
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 246-251 (2011)
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Monitoring Patients' Signs Wirelessly
A. Sagahyroon, F. Aloul, A. R. Al-Ali, M. S. Bahrololoum, F. Makhsoos, and N. Hussein
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 252-255 (2011)
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The Electrophysiology of Optic Lobes to Assess Visual Photosensitivity: The Compound Eye as a Model
Hassan Almarshad
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 256-261 (2011)
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Anchoring Percutaneous Heart Valves
Maximilian Kütting, Jan Roggenkamp, Ute Urban, Kai Gromann, Thomas Schmitz-Rode, and
Ulrich Steinseifer
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 262-266 (2011)
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In-Vivo Evaluation of a Noninvasive Transdermal Insulin Delivery System Utilizing Ultrasound Transducers
Osama M. Al-Bataineh, Khaldon Lweesy, and Loay Fraiwan
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 267-270 (2011)
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Effects of Head Geometry, Coil Position and CSF Displacement on Field Distribution Under Transcranial
Magnetic Stimulation
Salman Shahid, Peng Wen, Tony Ahfock, and John Leis
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 271-277 (2011)
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Biological Cell Electroporation Using Nanosecond Electrical Pulses
Omniyah Gul M. Khan and Ayman H. El-Hag
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 278-283 (2011)
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Force Control of Intelligent Laparoscopic Forceps
Soheil Kianzad, Soheil O. Karkouti, and Hamid D. Taghirad
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 284-289 (2011)
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RESEARCH ARTICLES
Study of Retinal Biometric Systems with Respect to Feature Classification for Recognition and Diabetic Retinopathy
Srikanth Prabhu, Chandan Chakraborty, R. N. Banerjee, and A. K. Ray
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 97-106 (2011)
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Knowledge Based Segmentation, Quantitative Characterization and Classification of Basement Membrane from
Oral Histopathological Images
Muthu Rama Krishnan M., Vikram Venkatraghavan, and Chandan Chakraborty
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 107-115 (2011)
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Analysis of Patient-Specific Carotid Bifurcation Models Using Computational Fluid Dynamics
Jiyuan Tu, Kelvin K. L. Wong, Sherman C. P. Cheung, Richard Beare, and Thanh Phan
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 116-125 (2011)
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Spatial Circular Pattern Detection from 3D Volumetric Data in Image-Guided Interventional Systems
Hongliang Ren
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 126-130 (2011)
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A Generic Mutual Information Based Algorithm for Spatial Registration of Multi-Modal Medical Images
Lin Feng and Abhik Datta
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 131-138 (2011)
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Hypericin Fluorescence Imaging of Oral Cancer: From Endoscopy to Real-time 3-Dimensional Endomicroscopy
Patricia S. P. Thong, Malini C. Olivo, Muhammad Mobeen Movania, Stephanus S. Tandjung, Hock-Soon Seah,
Feng Lin, Kemao Qian, and Khee-Chee Soo
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 139-143 (2011)
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Development and Preliminary Application of the Multi-Functional System for
Rehabilitation Training and Assessment
Xiulin Xu, Fang Li, and Haipo Cui
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 144-149 (2011)
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CARES 2.0: Completely Automated Robust Edge Snapper for CIMT Measurement in 300 Ultrasound
Images-A Two Stage Paradigm
Filippo Molinari, Rajendra Acharya U., Guang Zeng, Kristen M. Meiburger, Paulo S. Rodrigues,
Luca Saba, and Jasjit S. Suri
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 150-163 (2011)
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Temporal Pattern Mining for Multivariate Time Series Classification
Sumeet Dua, Sheetal Saini, and Harpreet Singh
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 164-169 (2011)
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Block Truncation Coding with Huffman Coding
T. M. Amarunnishad, V. K. Govindan, and Abraham T. Mathew
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 170-176 (2011)
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ITRAQ-Coupled 2-D LC-MS/MS Analysis of Differentially Expressed Serum Proteins in Nasopharyngeal
Carcinoma Clinical Samples: Potential in Biomarker Discovery
Xuesong Feng, Balram Chowbay, Wei Ning Chen, and Chi Bun Ching
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 177-183 (2011)
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Feature Extraction by QuickReduct Algorithm: Assessment of Migraineurs Neurovascular Pattern
Samanta Rosati, Gabriella Balestra, and Filippo Molinari
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 184-192 (2011)
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COMMUNICATION
iTRAQ-Coupled 2D LC-MS/MS Analysis of Protein Profile in MCF-7 Human Breast Cancer Cells Incubated with
Doxorubicin: Potential Role of Heat Shock Protein 90
Bahareh Haji Rasouliha, Yusi Zhou, and Wei Ning Chen
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 193-195 (2011)
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EDITORAL
Welcome to the Inaugural Issue of the Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics (JMIHI)
Editor-in-Chief: E. Y. K. Ng
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 1-3 (2011)
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RESEARCH ARTICLES
Quantitative Analysis of Sub-Epithelial Connective Tissue Cell Population of Oral Submucous
Fibrosis Using Support Vector Machine
M. Muthu Rama Krishnan, Chandan Chakraborty, Ranjan Rashmi Paul, and Ajoy K. Ray
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 4-12 (2011)
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Novel Points of View for Endoscopy: Panoramized Intraluminal Opened Image and
3D Shape Reconstruction
Takuro Ishii, Satoki Zenbutsu, Toshiya Nakaguchi, Masashi Sekine, Yukio Naya, and Tatsuo Igarashi
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 13-20 (2011)
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Computed Tomography Imaging of Patients with Headache: Findings and Clinical Indications
Zhonghua Sun and Yan Cao
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 21-26 (2011)
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Laser Speckle Contouring for Medical Diagnosis of Abnormal Growth
Valiyambath Krishnan Mohankumar and Murukeshan Vadakke Matham
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 27-32 (2011)
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New Image Registration Tool for Aligning Dental Radiographs
P. Ramprasad, K. K. Rakesh, H. C. Nagaraj, and M. K. Parasuram
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 33-41 (2011)
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A Morphological Approach for Vessel Segmentation in Eye Fundus Images, with
Quantitative Evaluation
Florence Rossant, Maddalena Badellino, Alexandre Chavillon, Isabelle Bloch, and Michel Paques
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 42-49 (2011)
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Development of an Interactive Computer-Based Therapeutic Tool for the Elderly with Memory
Problems to Re-Learn Telephone Skills at Home
S. C. Fok, S. Y. E. Lim, and G. Y. C. Chan
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 50-55 (2011)
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Optic Disk Detection Using Feature Clustering and Classification in Retinal Fundus Images
Michael P. Dessauer and Sumeet Dua
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 56-60 (2011)
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Overlapped k-Space Acquisition and Reconstruction Technique for Motion Artifact Reduction in
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Yasser M. Kadah
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 61-65 (2011)
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A Heuristic k-Means Algorithm with Better Accuracy and Efficiency for Clustering Health
Informatics Data
K. A. Abdul Nazeer, M. P. Sebastian, and S. D. Madhu Kumar
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 66-71 (2011)
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A New Framework for Segmentation of Flexor Tendons within Carpal Tunnel from Magnetic
Resonance Images
Yi-Ying Wang, Hsin-Chen Chen, Cheng-Hsien Lin, Chien-Kuo Wang, I-Ming Jou, and Yung-Nien Sun
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 72-78 (2011)
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Effects of Functional Electrical Stimulation Relating to Leg Movement
W. D. Liu, K. Y. Zhu, and Y. Xiao
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 79-86 (2011)
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A Subdivision Surface Method for Prosthesis Modeling
Luiz C. M. de Aquino, Gilson A. Giraldi, Antônio Lopes A. Junior, and Jasjit S. Suri
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 1, 87-95 (2011)
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