Sensors, medical image and signal processing. Findings from the Section on Sensor, Signal and Imaging Informatics.
OBJECTIVE
To summarize current excellent research in the field of sensor, signal and imaging informatics.


METHODS
Synopsis of the articles selected for the IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics 2006.


RESULTS
The selection process for this yearbook's section 'Sensor, signal and imaging informatics' results in six excellent articles, representing research in five different nations. We selected a cross section of the wide range of application, ranging from model based image segmentation, image retrieval and data mining, image based diagnosis assistance, bio-impedance based skin cancer screening, brain computer interfaces to MRI based computational models for fluid-structure-interactions.


CONCLUSIONS
The selected articles indicate a small but meaningful extract from the research field of sensors, signal and image processing, which has a wide range of applications in medical informatics. The articles present excellent research with a possibility of having high relevance for the future in patient care.
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Technical University of Braunschweig, Institute for Robotics and Process Control, Braunschweig, Germany. rwe@rob.cs.tu-bs.de
Winkelmann
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D001363:Awards and Prizes; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008328:Man-Machine Systems; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000266:history; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D012955:Societies, Medical