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Special Section: Enabling Technologies for Parkinson’s Disease Management
Special Section: Enabling Technologies for Parkinson’s Disease Management 170 177 Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (JBHI)

Parkinson’s disease is the most common neurological movement disorder, with a prevalence of up to 2% in the elderly. The new research published in this Special issue represents the edge…

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Prediction of Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s from Physiological Wearables: An Exploratory Study
Author(s)3: Sinziana Mazilu, Alberto Calatroni, Eran Gazit, Anat Mirelman, Jeffrey M. Hausdorff, Gerhard Tröster
Prediction of Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s from Physiological Wearables: An Exploratory Study 170 177 Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (JBHI)

Freezing of gait (FoG) is a common and severe gait impairment among patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease. FoG is associated with falls and negatively impacts the patient’s quality of life.…

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Analyzing Activity Behavior and Movement in a Naturalistic Environment Using Smart Home Techniques
Author(s)3: Diane J. Cook, Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe, Prafulla Dawadi
Analyzing Activity Behavior and Movement in a Naturalistic Environment Using Smart Home Techniques 170 177 Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (JBHI)

One of the many services that intelligent systems can provide is the ability to analyze the impact of different medical conditions on daily behavior. This study uses smart homes and…

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An Emerging Era in the Management of Parkinson’s Disease: Wearable Technologies and the Internet of Things
Author(s)3: Cristian F. Pasluosta, Heiko Gassner, Juergen Winkler, Jochen Klucken, Bjoern M. Eskofier
An Emerging Era in the Management of Parkinson’s Disease: Wearable Technologies and the Internet of Things 170 177 Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (JBHI)

This review highlights the technological aspects of an emerging healthcare platform designed to cope with the increasing global prevalence of chronic neurological disorders associated with the elderly. Wearable technologies connected…

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Special Section: Sensor Informatics and Quantified Self
Special Section: Sensor Informatics and Quantified Self 720 236 Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (JBHI)

Wearable sensors, combined with signal processing, machine learning, and the ability to collect large sets of human data comfortably 24/7, are advancing new ways to learn about human wellbeing.  Measurements…

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Special Section: Machine Learning and Data Mining in Medical Imaging
Special Section: Machine Learning and Data Mining in Medical Imaging 150 158 Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (JBHI)

Medical imaging is becoming indispensable nowadays for healthcare and many other biomedical applications. With advances in medical imaging, such as cone-beam/multi-slice CT, 3D ultrasound imaging, tomosynthesis, diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging…

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Identifying Physical Activity Profiles in COPD Patients Using Topic Models
Author(s)3: Gabriele Spina, Pierluigi Casale, Paul S. Albert, Jennifer Alison, Judith Garcia-Aymerich, Richard W. Costello, Nidia A. Hernandes, Arnoldus J. R. van Gestel, Jorg D. Leuppi, Rafael Mesquita, Sally J. Singh, Frank W. J. M. Smeenk, Ruth Tal-Singer, Emiel F. M. Wouters, Martijn A. Spruit, Albertus C. den Brinker
Identifying Physical Activity Profiles in COPD Patients Using Topic Models 150 158 Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (JBHI)

With the growing amount of physical activity (PA) measures, the need for methods and algorithms that automatically analyse and interpret unannotated data increases. In this paper PA is seen as…

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Personalization of Energy Expenditure Estimation in Free Living Using Topic Models
Author(s)3: Marco Altini, Pierluigi Casale, Julien Penders, Oliver Amft
Personalization of Energy Expenditure Estimation in Free Living Using Topic Models 150 158 Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (JBHI)

We introduce an approach to personalize energy expenditure (EE) estimates in free living. First we use Topic Models (TM) to discover activity composites from recognized activity primitives and stay regions…

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Special Issue on EMBC 2014
Special Issue on EMBC 2014 289 239 Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (JBHI)

This special edition comprises 10 papers selected from over 2000 submissions at the 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC’14). Based on the…

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Special Issue: Big Data for Health
Special Issue: Big Data for Health 780 435 Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (JBHI)

R. Atun, Y. Lussier, C. Poon, S. T. C. Wong, and G.-Z. Yang Development in the fields of biomedical and health informatics are driving major expansion in big-data, not only…

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