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Handbook of clinical automation, robotics and optimization
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New York : Wiley, 1996
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9780471031796
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This comprehensive landmark book describes the technology of the future in diagnostic medicine, how to integrate it into the modern hospital and how to work with people to adapt, change and plan for a smooth transition to a fully robotic laboratory. Features an extensive section on point-of-care testing along with a modern perspective of how this will transform medicine. Global experts in their fields have authored all chapters which include a unique one on machine vision and another (with several plates) that discusses the automation of a clinical laboratory in Japan.


Author Notes

GERALD J. KOST, MD, PhD, is Professor of Medical Pathology and Director of Clinical Chemistry in the School of Medicine and a member of the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group at the University of California, Davis. He received his BS in Engineering and MS (EEP) in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford University. He received his PhD in Bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego, and his MD from the University of California, San Francisco, in a joint medical scientist program. His research focuses on myocardial injury, ionized calcium, point-of-care testing, critical limits, and knowledge optimization to improve outcomes.


Table of Contents

The Future
Historical Perspectives and Critical IssuesR. Markin
Theory and Fundamental Principles
Neural NetworksF. Vertosick
Fuzzy Logic Expert SystemsJ. Martin and L. Maquire
Robotics, Visual Processing, and Integrated Systems
Logistics and TransportD. Weber
Image AnalysisW. Wells and V. Memoli
Clinical Innovation
Strategic Planning for AutomationM. Lifshitz and R. De Cresce
Process Control and On-Line OptimizationS. Middleton and P. Mountain
Point-of-Care Testing
Robotic Automation of Near-Patient TestingR. Felder
Information Integration for Point-of-Care and Satellite TestingE. Jacobs
Optimization
Assuring Medical Decision Quality Through Decision Analysis for Patients and PhysiciansJ. Belkora, et al.
Algorithmic DiagnosisJ. Yang, et al.
Index