20 September 2012

Call for papers: Medical Signal and Image Processing

A special issue of International Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering

Medical signals and images provide essential information for physicians and assist them in the diagnosis of harmful diseases and in conducting surgery. The medical signals used are of very low amplitudes and have low noise immunity, and still suffer from a lot of errors due to physical disturbances and instrumentation errors.

Furthermore, with regard to medical images, poor quality, the large size of image data and automatic diagnosis are basic challenges that still need serious attention.

In light of this, signal and image processing concepts need to be improved in order to provide more detailed diagnosis systems, better preoperational knowledge and easier handling of medical data. This special issue will therefore focus on the topics listed below.

Suitable topics include but are not limited to:
  • Bioelectric signals
  • ECG signal processing
  • ECG signal enhancement
  • ECG delineation
  • Heart rate variability
  • Any other related topics
  • EEG signal processing
  • EEG signal modelling and analysis
  • Event-related potentials
  • Seizure signal analysis
  • Sleep EEG
  • Brain-computer interfacing (BCI)
  • EMG, EOG signal processing
  • Medical images (ultrasound, CT, MRI , PET, mammography, elstography, etc.)
  • Enhancement
  • Segmentation
  • Compression
  • Image classification
Important Dates
Submission deadline: 1 January, 2013
1st round review result: 1 March, 2013
Submission of revised papers: 1 May, 2013
Final notification: 1 June, 2013

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