abstract：BACKGROUND:This article describes the development and evaluation of a distributed user interface (DUI) application to assess visuomotor organization ability. This application enables therapists to evaluate the acquired brain injury (ABI) on patients, and patients, to perform the assessment on a touch screen while thera...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Cuerda C,Romero-Ayuso D,Gallud JA,Morales C,Tesoriero R,Triviño-Juarez JM,Fardoun HM

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical rehabilitation exergames (PREGs) are suitable for motivating patients toward completing treatments. Leap Motion (LM) is a motion sensor that may be useful for developing PREGs targeted at hands and fingers rehabilitation. Therefore, knowing the advantages and limitations of LM is relevant to underst...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Gamboa E,Serrato A,Castro J,Toro D,Trujillo M

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Unsupervised home exercise is a major component of physical therapy (PT). This study proposes an inexpensive, inertial measurement unit-based wearable device to capture kinematic data to facilitate exercise. However, conveying and interpreting kinematic data to non-experts poses a challenge due to the comple...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Hua A,Johnson N,Quinton J,Chaudhary P,Buchner D,Hernandez ME

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of electronic medical record (EMR) is anticipated to bring benefits for patients, physicians, and organizations. But limited physicians' acceptance of EMR presents a serious threat to its effective implementation. OBJECTIVES:The current study incorporates technology acceptance model (TAM) with two a...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Hwang HG,Dutta B,Chang HC

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radiology reports are a permanent record of patient's health information often used in clinical practice and research. Reading radiology reports is common for clinicians and radiologists. However, it is laborious and time-consuming when the amount of reports to be read is large. Assisting clinicians to locat...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Xie Z,Yang Y,Wang M,Li M,Huang H,Zheng D,Shu R,Ling T

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radiotherapy has serious side effects and thus requires prudent and cautious evaluation. However, obtaining protein expression profiles is expensive and timeconsuming, making it necessary to develop a theoretical and rational procedure for predicting the radiotherapy outcome for bladder cancer when working w...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Tsai TI,Zhang Y,Zhang Z,Chao GY,Tsai CC

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The central control of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and the complex interplay of its components can be described by a functional integrated mode - the central autonomic network (CAN). CAN represents the integrated functioning and interaction between the central nervous system (CNS) and ANS (parasympath...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Schulz S,Bolz M,Bär KJ,Voss A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the relevance of various potential confounding factors (comorbidities, obesity, body position, ECG lead, respiratory event type and sleep stage) on the detectability of sleep-related breathing disorders from the ECG. METHODS:A set of 140 simultaneous recordings of polysomnograms and 8-channel Holt...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Maier C,Dickhaus H

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The UMLS assigns semantic types to all its integrated concepts. The semantic types are widely used in various natural language processing tasks in the biomedical domain, such as named entity recognition, semantic disambiguation, and semantic annotation. Due to the size of the UMLS, erroneous semantic type as...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Gu H,He Z,Wei D,Elhanan G,Chen Y

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The barbell squat is a popularly used lower limb rehabilitation exercise. It is also an integral exercise in injury risk screening protocols. To date athlete/patient technique has been assessed using expensive laboratory equipment or subjective clinical judgement; both of which are not without shortcomings. ...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Whelan DF,O'Reilly MA,Ward TE,Delahunt E,Caulfield B

更新日期：2017-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The single leg squat (SLS) is a common lower limb rehabilitation exercise. It is also frequently used as an evaluative exercise to screen for an increased risk of lower limb injury. To date athlete / patient SLS technique has been assessed using expensive laboratory equipment or subjective clinical judgement...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Whelan DF,O'Reilly MA,Ward TE,Delahunt E,Caulfield B

更新日期：2017-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traditional rehabilitation sessions are often a slow, tedious, disempowering and non-motivational process, supported by clinical assessment tools, i.e. evaluation scales that are prone to subjective rating and imprecise interpretation of patient's performance. Poor patient motivation and insufficient accurac...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Spasojević S,Ilić TV,Milanović S,Potkonjak V,Rodić A,Santos-Victor J

更新日期：2017-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Questions like 'How is your health? How are you feeling? How have you been?' now can be answered in a different way due to innovative health self-quantification apps and devices. These apps and devices generate data that enable individuals to be informed and more responsible about their own health. OBJECTIV...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Almalki M,Gray K,Martin-Sanchez FJ

更新日期：2017-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ICT based solutions are increasingly introduced for active and healthy ageing. In this context continuous monitoring of older adults with domestic sensor systems has been suggested to provide important information about their functional health. However, there is not yet a solid model for the interpretation o...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Robben SM,Pol MC,Buurman BM,Kröse BJ

更新日期：2016-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To find discriminative combination of influential factors of Intracerebral hematoma (ICH) to cluster ICH patients with similar features to explore relationship among influential factors and 30-day mortality of ICH. METHODS:The data of ICH patients are collected. We use a decision tree to find discriminative...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Chiu HC,Chiu DY,Lee YH,Wang CC,Wang CS,Lee CC,Ying MH,Wu MY,Chang WC

更新日期：2016-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is part of a For-Discussion-Section of Methods of Information in Medicine about the paper "Computational Electrocardiography: Revisiting Holter ECG Monitoring" written by Thomas M. Deserno and Nikolaus Marx. It is introduced by an editorial. This article contains the combined commentaries invited to indep...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Baumgartner C,Caiani EG,Dickhaus H,Kulikowski CA,Schiecke K,van Bemmel JH,Witte H

更新日期：2016-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For the statistical analysis of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) data, compartment models are a commonly used tool. By these models, the observed uptake of contrast agent in some tissue over time is linked to physiologic properties like capillary permeability and blood flow. Up ...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Feilke M,Bischl B,Schmid VJ,Gertheiss J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This article is part of the Focus Theme of METHODS of Information in Medicine on "Managing Interoperability and Complexity in Health Systems". BACKGROUND:The need for complementary access to multiple RDF databases has fostered new lines of research, but also entailed new challenges due to data representat...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Anguita A,García-Remesal M,de la Iglesia D,Graf N,Maojo V

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This article is part of the Focus Theme of METHODS of Information in Medicine on "Managing Interoperability and Complexity in Health Systems". OBJECTIVES:In previous work, we have defined methods for the extraction of lexical patterns from labels as an initial step towards semi-automatic ontology enrichme...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Quesada-Martínez M,Fernández-Breis JT,Stevens R,Mikroyannidi E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Each year, the International Medical Informatics Association Yearbook recognizes significant scientific papers, labelled as "best papers", published the previous year in the subfields of biomedical informatics that correspond to the different section topics of the journal. For each section, about fifteen pre...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Lamy JB,Séroussi B,Griffon N,Kerdelhué G,Jaulent MC,Bouaud J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This article is part of the Focus Theme of METHODS of Information in Medicine on "Managing Interoperability and Complexity in Health Systems". BACKGROUND:Data sharing and integration between the clinical research data management system and the electronic health record system remains a challenging issue. T...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Jiang G,Evans J,Oniki TA,Coyle JF,Bain L,Huff SM,Kush RD,Chute CG

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Describe how the HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA), a foundational standard in US Meaningful Use, contributes to a "big data, incrementally structured" interoperability strategy, whereby data structured incrementally gets large amounts of data flowing faster. We present cases showing how this approach...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Dolin RH,Rogers B,Jaffe C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This article is part of the Focus Theme of METHODs of Information in Medicine on "Managing Interoperability and Complexity in Health Systems". BACKGROUND:SALUS project aims at building an interoperability platform and a dedicated toolkit to enable secondary use of electronic health records (EHR) data for ...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Declerck G,Hussain S,Daniel C,Yuksel M,Laleci GB,Twagirumukiza M,Jaulent MC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present a geometric ruler to determine predictive values of binary diagnostic test results from prevalence, sensitivity and specificity without calculation. METHODS:On logarithmic scale the relationships between pre-/post-test odds and the likelihood ratio as well as sensitivity, specificity and the likel...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Herich L,Lehmacher W,Hellmich M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Record linkage may create powerful datasets with which investigators can conduct comparative effectiveness studies evaluating the impact of tests or interventions on health. All linkages of health care data files to date have used protected health information (PHI) in their linkage variables. A technique to l...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Bennett TD,Dean JM,Keenan HT,McGlincy MH,Thomas AM,Cook LJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This editorial is part of a For-Discussion-Section of Methods of Information in Medicine about the paper "Evidence-based Health informatics: How do we know what we know?", written by Elske Ammenwerth [1]. Health informatics uses and applications have crept up on health systems over half a century, starting as simple a...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Rigby M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Joint data analysis is a key requirement in medical research networks. Data are available in heterogeneous formats at each network partner and their harmonization is often rather complex. The objective of our paper is to provide a generic approach for the harmonization process in research networks. We applied...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Firnkorn D,Ganzinger M,Muley T,Thomas M,Knaup P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Empirical mode decomposition (EMD) is a frequently used signal processing approach which adaptively decomposes a signal into a set of narrow-band components known as intrinsic mode functions (IMFs). For multi-trial, multivariate (multiple simultaneous recordings), and multi-subject analyses the number and si...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Schiecke K,Schmidt C,Piper D,Putsche P,Feucht M,Witte H,Leistritz L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interim analyses are used in clinical trials in order to enable early decisions for medical, ethical, and economic reasons. However, it appears unfeasible to stop a trial during such an interim analysis. New patients will thus enter the trial while the interim analysis is ongoing. Moreover, depending on the ...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Schmidt R,Burkhardt B,Faldum A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This article is part of the Focus Theme of Methods of Information in Medicine on "Big Data and Analytics in Healthcare". BACKGROUND:Hospital readmissions raise healthcare costs and cause significant distress to providers and patients. It is, therefore, of great interest to healthcare organizations to pred...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Zhu K,Lou Z,Zhou J,Ballester N,Kong N,Parikh P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This article is part of a Focus Theme of METHODS of Information in Medicine on Health Record Banking. BACKGROUND:Poor communication of health care information between health care providers (HCP) is still a major problem. One recent approach is the concept of Health Record Banking. OBJECTIVES:With this re...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Plischke M,Wagner M,Haarbrandt B,Rochon M,Schwartze J,Tute E,Bartkiewicz T,Kleinschmidt T,Seidel C,Schüttig H,Haux R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Rule induction is one of the major methods of machine learning. Rule-based models can be easily read and interpreted by humans, that makes them particularly useful in survival studies as they can help clinicians to better understand analysed data and make informed decisions about patient treatment. Although ...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Wróbel Ł,Sikora M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients often fail to adhere to clinical recommendations when using current blood pressure self-measurement (BPSM) methods and equipment. As existing BPSM equipment is not able to detect non-adherent behavior, this could result in misdiagnosis and treatment error. To overcome this problem, we suggest introd...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Wagner S,Kamper CH,Rasmussen NH,Ahrendt P,Toftegaard TS,Bertelsen OW

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The huge amount of released medical apps prevents medical app users from believing that medical scientific societies and other accreditation bodies as well, have the resources and the power for assigning to any medical app a quality score. By the time being, any medical app user has to take the risks related...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Bonacina S,Marceglia S,Pinciroli F

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This article is part of the Focus Theme of Methods of Information in Medicine on "Biosignal Interpretation: Advanced Methods for Studying Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems". BACKGROUND:Adaptation of the QT-interval to changes in heart rate reflects on the body-surface electrocardiogram the adaptation...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Bueno-Orovio A,Hanson BM,Gill JS,Taggart P,Rodriguez B

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This article is part of the focus theme of Methods of Information in Medicine on "Pervasive Intelligent Technologies for Health". BACKGROUND:This paper addresses the evaluation with hospital staff of an in-patient environment that supports patients, family, nursing staff and medical specialists during the...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Daemen EM,Flinsenberg IC,Van Loenen EJ,Cuppen RP,Rajae-Joordens RJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This article is part of the Focus Theme of Methods of Information in Medicine on "Biosignal Interpretation: Advanced Methods for Studying Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems". OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study is to assess the reliability of the estimated Nocturnal Heart Rate (HR), recorded through a be...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Migliorini M,Kortelainen JM,Pärkkä J,Tenhunen M,Himanen SL,Bianchi AM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A major problem associated with the irradiation of thoracic and abdominal tumors is respiratory motion. In clinical practice, motion compensation approaches are frequently steered by low-dimensional breathing signals (e.g., spirometry) and patient-specific correspondence models, which are used to estimate th...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Wilms M,Werner R,Blendowski M,Ortmüller J,Handels H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this work is to present the software tool ANTONIA, which has been developed to facilitate a quantitative analysis of perfusion-weighted MRI (PWI) datasets in general as well as the subsequent multi-parametric analysis of additional datasets for the specific purpose of acute ischemic stroke p...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Forkert ND,Cheng B,Kemmling A,Thomalla G,Fiehler J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Until recently, genotype studies were limited to the investigation of single SNP effects due to the computational burden incurred when studying pairwise interactions of SNPs. However, some genetic effects as simple as coloring (in plants and animals) cannot be ascribed to a single locus but only understood w...

journal_title：Methods of information in medicine

authors： Pütz B,Kam-Thong T,Karbalai N,Altmann A,Müller-Myhsok B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00