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  • RESEARCH ARTICLE

    Nip, Tuck and Click: Medical Tourism and the Emergence of Web-Based Health Information

    Neil Lunt, Mariann Hardey and Russell Mannion

    The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 1.
    Electronic Publication Date: February 12, 2010
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    Anamneses-Based Internet Information Supply: Can a Combination of an Expert System and Meta-Search Engine Help Consumers find the Health Information they Require?

    Wilfried Honekamp and Herwig Ostermann

    The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 12.
    Electronic Publication Date: September 28, 2010
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    Spirometry Longitudinal Data Analysis Software (SPIROLA) for Analysis of Spirometry Data in Workplace Prevention or COPD Treatment

    Eva Hnizdo, Tieliang Yan, Artak Hakobyan, Paul Enright, Lu-Ann Beeckman-Wagner, John Hankinson, James Fleming and Edward Lee Petsonk

    The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 94.
    Electronic Publication Date: July 8, 2010
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    Preliminary Characterization of Erythrocytes Deformability on the Entropy-Complexity Plane

    Ana M Korol, Mabel D’Arrigo, Patricia Foresto, Susana Pérez, Maria T Martín and Osualdo A Rosso

    The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 164.
    Electronic Publication Date: September 1, 2010
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    caGrid-Enabled caBIGTM Silver Level Compatible Head and Neck Cancer Tissue Database System

    Haibin Wang , Erik Bouzyk , Anna Kuehn , Susan Muller , Zhengjia Chen , Fadlo R Khuri , Dong M Shin, André Rogatko and Mourad Tighiouart

    The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 171.
    Electronic Publication Date: September 1, 2010
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    In Vivo Validation of a Bioinformatics Based Tool to Identify Reduced Replication Capacity in HIV-1

    Christina M.R Kitchen, Paul Krogstad and Scott G Kitchen

    The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 225.
    Electronic Publication Date: December 3, 2010
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    • Data Mining Techniques in Medical Informatics
      Edited by: U. Rajendra AcharyaWenwei Yu
      (May 28, 2010)
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        Data Mining Techniques in Medical Informatics

        U. Rajendra Acharya and

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 21.
        Electronic Publication Date: May 28, 2010
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        Joint Metabonomic and Instrumental Analysis for the Classification of Migraine Patients with 677-MTHFR Mutations

        Pierangela Giustetto, William Liboni, Ornella Mana, Gianni Allais, Chiara Benedetto and Filippo Molinari

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 23.
        Electronic Publication Date: May 28, 2010
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        Finger Motion Classification by Forearm Skin Surface Vibration Signals

        Wenwei Yu, Toshiharu Kishi, U. Rajendra Acharya, Yuse Horiuchi and Jose Gonzalez

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 31.
        Electronic Publication Date: May 28, 2010
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        Segmentation of Fluorescence Microscopy Cell Images Using Unsupervised Mining

        Xian Du and Sumeet Dua

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 41.
        Electronic Publication Date: May 28, 2010
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        Region Quad-Tree Decomposition Based Edge Detection for Medical Images

        Sumeet Dua, Naveen Kandiraju and Pradeep Chowriappa

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 50.
        Electronic Publication Date: May 28, 2010
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        Diagnosis of Esophagitis Based on Face Recognition Techniques

        Santosh S Saraf , Gururaj R Udupi and Santosh D Hajare

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 58.
        Electronic Publication Date: May 28, 2010
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        Association Rule Based Similarity Measures for the Clustering of Gene Expression Data

        Prerna Sethi and Sathya Alagiriswamy

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 63.
        Electronic Publication Date: May 28, 2010
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        Classification of Upper Limb Motions from Around-Shoulder Muscle Activities: Hand Biofeedback

        Jose González, Yuse Horiuchi and Wenwei Yu

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 74.
        Electronic Publication Date: May 28, 2010
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        Dynamic Modelling of Heart Rate Response Under Different Exercise Intensity

        Steven W Su, Weidong Chen, Dongdong Liu, Yi Fang, Weijun Kuang, Xiaoxiang Yu, Tian Guo, Branko G Celler and Hung T Nguyen

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 81.
        Electronic Publication Date: May 28, 2010
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        Datamining Approach for Automation of Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in Immunohistochemically Stained Tissue Microarray Images

        Keerthana Prasad, Bernhard Zimmermann, Gopalakrishna Prabhu and Muktha Pai

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 86.
        Electronic Publication Date: May 28, 2010
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    • Intelligent Signal and Image Processing in eHealth
      Edited by: Ovidio SalvettiSara Colantonio
      (July 27, 2010)
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        Intelligent Signal and Image Processing in eHealth

        Ovidio Salvetti and

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 103.
        Electronic Publication Date: July 27, 2010
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        DoctorEye: A Clinically Driven Multifunctional Platform, for Accurate Processing of Tumors in Medical Images

        Emmanouil Skounakis, Christina Farmaki, Vangelis Sakkalis, Alexandros Roniotis, Konstantinos Banitsas, Norbert Graf and Konstantinos Marias

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 105.
        Electronic Publication Date: July 27, 2010
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        Discovering Differences in Acoustic Emission Between Healthy and Osteoarthritic Knees Using a Four-Phase Model of Sit-Stand-Sit Movements

        Lik-Kwan Shark, Hongzhi Chen and John Goodacre

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 116.
        Electronic Publication Date: July 27, 2010
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        Quantification of Epicardial Fat by Cardiac CT Imaging

        Giuseppe Coppini, Riccardo Favilla, Paolo Marraccini, Davide Moroni and Gabriele Pieri

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 126.
        Electronic Publication Date: July 27, 2010
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        A Hyper-Solution Framework for SVM Classification: Application for Predicting Destabilizations in Chronic Heart Failure Patients

        Antonio Candelieri and Domenico Conforti

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 136.
        Electronic Publication Date: July 27, 2010
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        The Identification of Insulin Saturation Effects During the Dynamic Insulin Sensitivity Test

        Paul D Docherty , J. Geoffrey Chase , Christopher E. Hann , Thomas F. Lotz, J. Lin, Kirsten A. McAuley and Geoffrey M. Shaw

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 141.
        Electronic Publication Date: July 27, 2010
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        Model-Based Prediction of the Patient-Specific Response to Adrenaline

        J. Geoffrey Chase, Christina Starfinger, Christopher E Hann, James A Revie, Dave Stevenson, Geoffrey M Shaw and Thomas Desaive

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 149.
        Electronic Publication Date: July 29, 2010
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    • Broadening the Socio-Technical Horizons of Health Informatics
      Edited by: Andrew GeorgiouSue Whetton
      (September 15, 2010)
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        Broadening the Socio-Technical Horizons of Health Informatics

        Andrew Georgiou and

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 179.
        Electronic Publication Date: September 15, 2010
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        Towards an Integrative Cognitive-Socio-Technical Approach in Health Informatics: Analyzing Technology-Induced Error Involving Health Information Systems to Improve Patient Safety

        E.M Borycki and A.W Kushniruk

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 181.
        Electronic Publication Date: September 15, 2010
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        Patients at the Centre: Methodological Considerations for Evaluating Evidence from Health Interventions Involving Patients Use of Web-Based Information Systems

        Elizabeth Cummings and Paul Turner

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 188.
        Electronic Publication Date: September 15, 2010
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        The Disparity Information and Communication Technology for Developing Countries has in the Delivery of Healthcare Information

        Prajesh N Chhanabhai and Alec Holt

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 195.
        Electronic Publication Date: September 15, 2010
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        A Sociotechnical Approach to Evaluating the Impact of ICT on Clinical Care Environments

        Julie Li

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 202.
        Electronic Publication Date: October 21 , 2010
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        CPOE in Non-Surgical Versus Surgical Specialties: A Qualitative Comparison of Clinical Contexts in the Medication Process

        Zahra Niazkhani, Habibollah Pirnejad, Antoinette de Bont and Jos Aarts

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 206.
        Electronic Publication Date: September 15, 2010
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        STAT-HI: A Socio-Technical Assessment Tool for Health Informatics Implementations

        Philip J Scott and James S Briggs

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 214.
        Electronic Publication Date: September 15, 2010
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        Conceptual Challenges for Advancing the Socio-Technical Underpinnings of Health Informatics

        Sue Whetton and Andrew Georgiou

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 221.
        Electronic Publication Date: September 15, 2010
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    • Toward Scalable Clinical Decision Support
      Edited by: Boxwala AzizBlackford Middleton
      (December 14, 2010)
      • EDITORIAL

        Toward Scalable Clinical Decision Support

        Boxwala Aziz and

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 233.
        Electronic Publication Date: December 14, 2010
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        Standards for Scalable Clinical Decision Support: Need, Current and Emerging Standards, Gaps, and Proposal for Progress

        Kensaku Kawamoto, Guilherme Del Fiol, David F. Lobach and Robert A Jenders

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 235.
        Electronic Publication Date: December 14, 2010
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        System-Agnostic Clinical Decision Support Services: Benefits and Challenges for Scalable Decision Support

        Kensaku Kawamoto, Guilherme Del Fiol, Charles Orton and David F Lobach

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 245.
        Electronic Publication Date: December 14, 2010
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        A Scalable Architecture for Incremental Specification and Maintenance of Procedural and Declarative Clinical Decision-Support Knowledge

        Avner Hatsek, Yuval Shahar , Meirav Taieb-Maimon , Erez Shalom , Denis Klimov and Eitan Lunenfeld

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 255.
        Electronic Publication Date: December 14, 2010
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        The Morningside Initiative: Collaborative Development of a Knowledge Repository to Accelerate Adoption of Clinical Decision Support

        Robert Greenes, Meryl Bloomrosen, Nancy E. Brown-Connolly, Clayton Curtis, Don E Detmer, Robert Enberg, Douglas Fridsma, Emory Fry, Mary K Goldstein, Peter Haug, Nathan Hulse, Tonya Hongsermeier, Saverio Maviglia, Craig W Robbins and Hemant Shah

        The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 2010; 4: 278.
        Electronic Publication Date: December 14, 2010
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      Ali Karimi
      Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Kyushu University
      Fukuoka
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      Biography of Ali Karimi

      Alireza Karimi received the MSc and Ph.D degree in Mechanical Engineering/Bioengineering from the Iran University of Science and Technology and Kyushu University. His primary area of interest is continuum mechanics, soft tissue mechanics, finite element modeling, injury biomechanics, and biomathematics. He is the author of more than 100 peer reviewed articles in the international journals.

      Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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