Nowadays and future computer application in medicine

Tomasz Hachaj^1*and Marek R. Ogiela²

¹Pedagogical University of Krakow
Institute of Computer Science and Computer Methods
Podchorazych Ave, 30-084 Krakow, Poland
tomekhachaj@o2.pl

²AGH University of Science and Technology
30 Mickiewicza Ave, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
mogiela@agh.edu.pl

Abstract

This article presents selected applications of computer methods in field of contemporary medical informatics. As personal health is among most important aspects of everyone life nearly all computer methods that have proven to have technical and scientific potential are quickly utilized in medicine. Because of that it is impossible to mention all practicable applications of computers in contemporary medicine because nearly all aspects of applied informatics are used in practical medical solutions. In the first part of this article we will only summarize applications of artificial intelligence, numerical methods, signal processing, parallel and distributed computing, databases, computer networks and mobile applications, computer graphic and e-learning in medical informatics. Then we will present some of our projects and achievements in this subject.

Keywords: Computer methods in medicine, computer graphic, classification methods, natural user interfaces, advanced computer systems

*Corresponding Author: Tel: +48-12-662-63-22, Web: http://www.cci.up.krakow.pl/

IT Convergence Practice (INPRA), Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 13-27, March 2013 [pdf]