Genetic and evolutionary computation : medical applications / / edited by Stephen Smith, Stefano Cagnoni.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Smith, Stephen L., 1962-; Cagnoni, Stefano, 1961-; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xvi, 233 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

Evolutionary computation : a brief overview -- A review of medical applications of genetic and evolutionary computation -- Evolutionary deformable models for medical image segmentation / Chris McIntosh and Ghassan Hamarneh -- Feature selection for the classification of microcalcifications in digital mammograms using genetic algorithms, sequential search, and class separability / Santiago E. Conant-Pablos, Rolando R. Hernandez-Cisneros and Hugo Terashima-Marin -- Hybrid detection of features within the retinal fundus using a genetic algorithm / Vitoantonio Bevilacqua ... [et al.] -- Genetic programming for exploring medical data using visual spaces / Julio J. Valdes, Alan J. Barton, and Robert Orchard -- An interactive search for rules in medical data using multiobjective evolutionary algorithms / Daniela Zaharie, Diana Lungeanu, and Flavia Zamfirache -- Analysis of mammography reports using maximum variation sampling / Robert M. Patton, Barbara G. Beckerman, and Thomas E. Potok -- Towards an alternative to magnetic resonance imaging for vocal tract shape measurement using the principles of evolution / David M. Howard, Andy M. Tyrrell, and Crispin Cooper -- The objective assessment of visuo-spatial ability using implicit context representation cartesian genetic programming / Michael A. Lones and Stephen L. Smith -- How genetic algorithms can improve pacemaker efficiency / Laurent Dumas and Linda El Alaoui -- The future for genetic and evolutionary computation in medicine : opportunities, challenges and rewards.