Note: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Medical Decision Support System Using Pattern Recognition Methods for Assessment of Dermatoglyphic Indices and Diagnosis of Down's Syndrome -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…The Aim of the Project -- 3…Clinical Issues of Down's Syndrome -- 4…Description of Dermatoglyphic Nomogram -- 5…Literature Overview -- 6…Classification Method of Fingerprint Patterns -- 7…Classification Method of Patterns of the Hallucal Area of Sole -- 8…The Method of ATD Angle Calculation -- 9…Feature Extraction -- 9.1 Image Preprocessing -- 9.2 Ridge Orientation -- 10…Fingerprint Classification with SVM Algorithm -- 10.1 Data -- 10.2 Classification Results -- 11…Summary -- References -- 2 New Format for Coding of Single and Sequences of Medical Images -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…Brief Representation of the Methods, Used as a Basis for the Creation of the New Format -- 2.1 Basic Principles of the IDP Decomposition -- 2.2 Description of the ARL Coding Method -- 3…New Format Description -- 3.1 General Header -- 3.1.1 IDP Header -- 3.1.2 Sub-Header for the Image Brightness Data -- 3.1.3 Sub-Header for the Image Color Data -- 3.1.4 Sub-Headers for Transform Coefficients Quantization -- 3.1.5 Entropy Coding Table -- 3.2 Coding of Group of Images: Additional Header -- 3.2.1 Group Header (First IDP Header) -- 3.2.2 Header of the First Approximation of the Reference Image (Second Header) -- 3.2.3 Next Header (for Higher Level Approximations of Each Multispectral Image in the Group) -- 3.3 Coding of Compound Images: Additional Header -- 3.4 Additional Information -- 4…Application Areas -- 5…Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 3 Rule-Based Classification of Patients Screened with the MMPI Test in the Copernicus System -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…MMPI Data -- 3…Rule-Based Classification in Copernicus. , 3.1 General Selection of Rule Sets -- 3.2 Specific Selection of Rules -- 3.3 Visualization of Profiles and Rules -- 3.4 Classification Results -- 4…Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4 An Adaptive Approach for Noise Reduction in Sequences of CT Images -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…Basic Stages for Noise Reduction in CT Image -- 2.1 Decomposition of the Image -- 2.2 Determination of the Threshold and Thresholding of Detail Coefficients -- 2.3 Restoration of the Image -- 2.4 Estimation of Filtration -- 3…Experimental Results -- 4…Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5 Intelligent Predictive Diagnosis on Given Practice Data Base: Background and Technique -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…Is a Fault State or A Disease an Abnormal Condition? -- 3…Diagnosis on a Practice Base -- 3.1 Practice Base and Its Description -- 3.2 Diagnosis Intelligent Algorithm -- 4…Interpretations -- 5…Concluding Remarks -- References -- 6 Towards ICT Revolution in Healthcare: Present and Perspectives for Electronic Healthcare Record Systems -- Abstract -- 1…Background -- 2…Electronic Healthcare Record Systems -- 3…Problems Identified, Solutions and Current Status -- 4…Benefits -- 5…Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 7 Compression of CT Images with Branched Inverse Pyramidal Decomposition -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…Compression of CT Images with BIDP -- 3…Experimental Results -- 4…Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 8 Adaptive Interpolation and Halftoning for Medical Images -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…Mathematical Description of Adaptive 2D Interpolation -- 2.1 Digital Scaling of Halftone Images -- 3…Mathematical Description of Adaptive 2D Error-Diffusion -- 4…Experimental Results -- 5…Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 9 Classification of EEG-Based Brain--Computer Interfaces -- Abstract. , 1…Introduction -- 2…Methodology -- 3…Results and Discussion -- 4…Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Website -- 10 Negotiation-Based Patient Scheduling in Hospitals -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…Foundations -- 3…MedPAge Approach -- 3.1 Coordination Protocol -- 3.2 System Implementation -- 3.3 Weaknesses and Challenges -- 4…Service-Oriented Interaction Design -- 4.1 Active Components Approach -- 4.2 Modelling Interactions with Services -- 4.3 Redesign of the MedPAge Coordination Mechanism -- 4.4 Discussion -- 5…Conclusion -- References -- 11 A New Generation of Biomedical Equipment Based on FPGA. Arguments and Facts -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…The FPGA Technology and its Place in the Electronic Industry -- 3…FPGA Design Tools -- 4…Existing Healthcare and Biomedical FPGA Applications -- 5…Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 12 A Survey of Electronic Fetal Monitoring: A Computational Perspective -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…Publically Available CTG Datasets -- 3…Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 13 Quantifying Anticipatory Characteristics. The AnticipationScopetrade and the AnticipatoryProfiletrade -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…What Do We Map? -- 2.1 Conceptual Aspects -- 2.2 Anticipation and Change -- 3…Anticipation and Aging -- 3.1 Specifications -- 3.2 The Design -- 3.3 Architecture of the Data Acquisition Platform -- 3.4 Data Types and Time Scale -- 4…The Unity Between Action and Perception -- 5…Suggestive Directions -- 6…Qualified Gazing into the Crystal Ball -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 14 Generating Sample Points in General Metric Space -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…Mapping Between General Metric Space and L2 Euclidean Space -- 3…Proposed Mapping of GMS into L2 -- 4…Measuring the Homogeneity of Element Distribution -- 5…Generating Random Elements in Distance Cone. , Acknowledgments -- References -- 15 A Distributed Security Approach for Intelligent Mobile Multiagent Systems -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…Security Issues in Mobile Multiagent Systems -- 3…Security Solutions in Mobile Multiagent Systems -- 4…Intelligence in Mobile Multiagent Systems -- 5…IntelligMobAg Complex Mobile Multiagent Systems -- 5.1 The IntelligMobAg Architecture -- 5.2 Security Solutions Provided by the IntelligMobAg Architecture -- 5.3 Complexity, Intelligence of a IntelligMobAg Multiagent System -- 6…Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 16 Day Trading the Emerging Markets Using Multi-Time Frame Technical Indicators and Artificial Neural Networks -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…Day Trading -- 3…Methodological Framework -- 3.1 Data Preprocessing -- 3.2 The Cost of Transactions -- 3.3 The Activation Function -- 3.4 The Neural Networks Training -- 3.5 Error Calculation -- 3.6 The Networks Structure -- 3.7 Results -- 4…Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 17 Teaching for Long-Term Memory -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…Investigation -- 2.1 Structure of Memory. Points at Which Information can be Lost in Learning -- 2.2 Use of Analogy in Learning and Retrieval of Information -- 3…Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 18 A Recognition Algorithm and Some Optimization Problems on Weakly Quasi-Threshold Graphs -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…General Notations -- 3…Preliminary Results -- 3.1 Weakly Decomposition -- 3.2 Weakly Quasi-Threshold Graphs -- 4…New Results on Threshold Graphs -- 4.1 Characterization of a Weakly Quasi-Threshold Graph Using the Weakly Decomposition -- 4.2 Determination of Clique Number and Stability Number for a Weakly Quasi-Threshold Graph -- 5…Conclusions and Future Work -- Acknowledgments -- References. , 19 Large Graphs: Fast Cost Update and Query Algorithms. Application for Emergency Vehicles -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…Preliminaries -- 3…Pre-processing Phase -- 4…Search for Shortest Path and Cost Arcs Update -- 4.1 Search for Shortest Path -- 4.2 Arc Cost Update -- 5…Experiments -- 6…Conclusions and Future Work -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 20 Scan Converting OCT Images Using Fourier Analysis -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…Scan Conversion Using Fourier Analysis -- 3…Methods and Material -- 4…Results and Discussion -- 5…Conclusion -- References.