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A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomedical Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2023) | Viewed by 7024

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Dr. Rafal Doniec

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Department of Biosensors and Processing of Biomedical Signals, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Roosevelta 40, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland
Interests: pattern recognition; telemedicine; machine and deep learning; biomedical data analysis; medical data

Prof. Dr. Marcin Grzegorzek

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Institute of Medical Informatics, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562 Lübeck, Germany
Interests: biomedical engineering; artificial intelligence; pattern recognition; machine vision; machine learning; medical sensor
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Prof. Dr. Ewaryst Tkacz

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Department of Biosensors and Processing of Biomedical Signals, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Roosevelta 40, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland
Interests: bioinformatics; biosensors; biomedical signals processing; miomedical image processing medical technology and medical devices

Prof. Dr. Wojciech Glinkowski

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Center of Excellence "TeleOrto" for Telediagnostics and Treatment of Disorders and Injuries of the Locomotor System, Department of Medical Informatics and Telemedicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Interests: image analysis; outcome measures; PROMIS; survey; survey methodology
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Dear Colleagues,

Telemedicine is a rapidly evolving healthcare delivery mechanism via hardware and/or software through which consultation, medical assistance, and information can be communicated over the computer networks. There are many definitions of “Telemedicine”—each specific to the primary target of interest. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of telemedicine increased. The reasons for applying telemedicine include: Separation or necessity to maintain social distance and distance between persons and/or resources; Conscious and more and more common use of telecommunications technologies; Dissemination and availability of data from smart and wearable sensors; Development of computing infrastructure and improvements of machine learning algorithms with the full inclusion of Artificial Intelligence; Optimization of costs and resources in healthcare. Background: Telemedicine has been around since the late 1980s, however, in the last two years there has been a significant increase in considerations and research regarding telemedicine, along with the growing importance of the development of mobile application implementation and production technology of sensors monitoring medical quantities. In this Special Issue, we would like to attract innovative and original research papers describing the latest research in the field of medical-based, engineering-based behavior. We also present a Special Issue to all those who wish to present their work in the area of health market management related to the use of sensor-based telemetry systems, using a wide range of artificial intelligence methods, including pattern recognition and machine learning algorithms. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

Artificial Intelligence;
Cybersecurity processing of medical data;
Medical Data Analytics;
Future of Medical Data Analytics, Pattern Recognition and Telemedicine;
Machine Learning, Deep learning in Telemedicine application;
Pattern Recognition;
Personalized healthcare;

Dr. Rafal Doniec
Prof. Dr. Marcin Grzegorzek
Prof. Dr. Ewaryst Tkacz
Prof. Dr. Wojciech Glinkowski
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Keywords

Artificial Intelligence
medical data analytics
machine learning
deep learning
cybersecurity
eHealth
mHealth telerehabilitation
telediagnostics
patient-oriented outcomes, personalized healthcare, digital modeling

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Remote, Touchless Interaction with Medical Images and Telementoring in the Operating Room Using a Kinect-Based Application—A Usability Study

by Wojciech Michał Glinkowski, Tomasz Miścior and Robert Sitnik

Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(21), 11982; https://doi.org/10.3390/app132111982 - 02 Nov 2023

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Innovative technologies can improve user usability and satisfaction in computer-based activities in the work environment, including surgeons working in the operating room (OR). A scrubbed surgeon must ask unscrubbed staff to retrieve medical images from a surgical PACS system on a monitor in a hybrid operating room. The study aimed to check users’ usability and satisfaction with the designed and developed Ortho_Kinect_OR application, which enables contactless control of access to medical images during surgery. The application also facilitates access to telemedicine applications such as intraoperative telementoring during orthopedic procedures or tele-education. The application’s usability was tested by assigning standardized tasks to surgeons for PACS and teleconferencing in the operating room. Hand gestures were recognized and translated to function like mouse buttons. Field tests conducted among orthopedic surgeons showed high usability and user satisfaction. PACS access in the operating room did not distract the orthopedic surgeon during orthopedic surgery procedures. All surgeons completed the tests and tasks without any problems. OR field test results showed high agreement among users and were very satisfactory. Junior surgeons and residents pointed out that people with average computer knowledge could use the application. It has been shown that the contactless system designed and built based on the Kinect sensor available on the shelves meets the requirements of the operating room environment and is easy to use. Touchless controller technology provides the opportunity to increase the use of intraoperative imaging previews and improve the safety of surgical patients by improving sterility and reducing unnecessary staff in the operating room. Using the Ortho_Kinect_OR application and the Kinect sensor, it is possible to provide contactless access to videoconference telementoring and PACS in the operating room without an orthopedic surgeon’s unnecessary distraction in the operating room environment. Full article

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Explainable Artificial Intelligence Enabled TeleOphthalmology for Diabetic Retinopathy Grading and Classification

by Marwa Obayya, Nadhem Nemri, Mohamed K. Nour, Mesfer Al Duhayyim, Heba Mohsen, Mohammed Rizwanullah, Abu Sarwar Zamani and Abdelwahed Motwakel

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(17), 8749; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12178749 - 31 Aug 2022

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Recently, Telehealth connects patients to vital healthcare services via remote monitoring, wireless communications, videoconferencing, and electronic consults. By increasing access to specialists and physicians, telehealth assists in ensuring patients receive the proper care at the right time and right place. Teleophthalmology is a study of telemedicine that provides services for eye care using digital medical equipment and telecommunication technologies. Multimedia computing with Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) for telehealth has the potential to revolutionize various aspects of our society, but several technical challenges should be resolved before this potential can be realized. Advances in artificial intelligence methods and tools reduce waste and wait times, provide service efficiency and better insights, and increase speed, the level of accuracy, and productivity in medicine and telehealth. Therefore, this study develops an XAI-enabled teleophthalmology for diabetic retinopathy grading and classification (XAITO-DRGC) model. The proposed XAITO-DRGC model utilizes OphthoAI IoMT headsets to enable remote monitoring of diabetic retinopathy (DR) disease. To accomplish this, the XAITO-DRGC model applies median filtering (MF) and contrast enhancement as a pre-processing step. In addition, the XAITO-DRGC model applies U-Net-based image segmentation and SqueezeNet-based feature extractor. Moreover, Archimedes optimization algorithm (AOA) with a bidirectional gated recurrent convolutional unit (BGRCU) is exploited for DR detection and classification. The experimental validation of the XAITO-DRGC method can be tested using a benchmark dataset and the outcomes are assessed under distinct prospects. Extensive comparison studies stated the enhancements of the XAITO-DRGC model over recent approaches. Full article

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Experiences of the Telemedicine and eHealth Conferences in Poland—A Cross-National Overview of Progress in Telemedicine

by Rafał J. Doniec, Natalia J. Piaseczna, Karen A. Szymczyk, Barbara Jacennik, Szymon Sieciński, Katarzyna Mocny-Pachońska, Konrad Duraj, Tomasz Cedro, Ewaryst J. Tkacz and Wojciech M. Glinkowski

Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(1), 587; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13010587 - 31 Dec 2022

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The progress in telemedicine can be observed globally and locally. Technological changes in telecommunications systems are intertwined with developments in telemedicine. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has expanded the potential of teleconsultations and telediagnosis solutions in all areas of medicine. This article presents: (1) an overview of milestones in the development of telecommunications systems that allow progress in telemedicine and (2) an analysis of the experiences of the last seven conferences of telemedicine and eHealth in Poland. The telemedicine and eHealth conferences have grown steadily in Poland since their inception in the late 1990s. An exemplary conference program content was used to assess the scientific maturity of the conference, measured by the indices of research dissemination and the impact of publications. The overview presents progress in selected areas of telemedicine, looking at local developments and broader changes. The growing interest in telemedicine in the world’s medical sciences is demonstrated by visibility metrics in Google Scholar, Pubmed, Scopus and Web of Science. National scientific events are assumed to raise interest in the population and influence the creation of general policies. As seen in the example of Poland, the activity of the scientific community gathered around the Polish Telemedicine Society led to novel legal acts that allowed the general practice of telemedicine during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Local scientific conferences focusing on telemedicine research can be a catalyst for changes in attitudes and regulations and the preparation of recommendations for the practice of telemedicine and electronic health. On the basis of the results of this study, it can be concluded that the progress in telemedicine cannot be analyzed in isolation from the ubiquitous developments in technology and telecommunications. More research is needed to assess the cumulative impact of long-standing scientific conferences in telemedicine, as exemplified by the telemedicine and eHealth conferences in Poland. Full article

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