Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Advancements, Security, and Internet of Things
暫譯: 醫療保健中的人工智慧：進展、安全性與物聯網

本書探討人工智慧在醫療系統中的應用，著重於其在診斷、治療與預防方面的運用。本書概述人工智慧目前在醫療領域的發展現況，並討論導入智慧醫療系統所面臨的挑戰與機會。內容涵蓋用於遠距病患監測的輔助技術，以及可解釋人工智慧（explainable artificial intelligence）在醫療領域的應用等主題。

本書：

• 全面介紹人工智慧目前在醫療領域的應用，包括診斷影像、藥物探索、病患監測與個人化醫療。
• 討論醫療資料管理技術、診斷分類技術，以及風險評估。
• 介紹用於病患分層的分群技術，以及用於特徵選取的降維技術。
• 說明用於醫療預測的神經網路，以及用於醫學影像分析的卷積神經網路。
• 闡述生醫應用中的大數據分析、管理與資料安全等面向。

本書主要撰寫給電機工程、電腦工程與生物醫學工程領域的高年級大學生、研究生及學術研究人員。

Smita Nirkhi is a distinguished academic and researcher with a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering. Currently, she is working as Associate Professor at Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Nagpur. She has 23 years of experience in teaching and research, with expertise in areas such as artificial intelligence, data mining, digital forensics, cybersecurity, pattern recognition, machine learning, and deep learning. Dr. Nirkhi has received numerous accolades, including the Outstanding Woman in Engineering Award (2019) by Venus International Foundation, Best Teacher Award (2021) by Universal Innovators Leadership, Nari Samman Award (2021) by Literoma, and the Elite Teacher Award (2021) by I2OR. Dr. Nirkhi has published over 75 research papers in esteemed journals and international conferences.
Dr. Nirkhi serves as an Editor for Scientific Reports and is an active peer reviewer and editorial board member for leading journals and IEEE conferences. She is a Senior Member of IEEE, Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India), and an active member of CSI, ISTE, and the Internet Society. She also leads various initiatives as the Branch Counselor for the IEEE Student Branch, Secretary of IEEE Maharashtra section, and Chair of the System Council Chapter of the IEEE Maharashtra section.

Vivek Kapur is working as Director at GHRCEM, Nagpur. A professional and dedicated academician with 20+ years of cross-functional experience in the areas of strategic planning, project management, quality assurance and quality enhancement of technical institutions, outcome-based education, and signal and image processing. He is Approved Guide (PhD/MTech) of Nagpur University. He is appointed as NBA Evaluator by the National Board of Accreditation, New Delhi. Also, he is a member of the delegations of the top universities of the United States. He is an active participant/contributor in NBA initiatives related to quality assurance and quality enhancement within Maharashtra. He is also a member of various LEC Committees. He is a professional member of the IEI, ISTE, and a senior member of IEEE.

Suman Lata Tripathi is a Professor in the Department of E & TC, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India. She has also worked as a Professor at Lovely Professional University, India. She has more than 23 years of experience in academics and research. She completed her PhD in the area of microelectronics and VLSI Design from MNNIT, Allahabad. She completed her remote postdoc from Nottingham Trent University, London, UK, in 2022-2023. Her areas of expertise include microelectronics device modeling and characterization, low-power VLSI circuit design, VLSI design of testing, and advanced FET design for IoT, embedded system design, reconfigurable architecture with FPGAs, and biomedical applications.

Ved Prakash Mishra is working as Head of Academics, Assistant Professor and Program Leader at Amity University Dubai, UAE. He is Program Leader, Senior Member-IEEE, PhD, Quality Control (IQAC) Coordinator, Conference Chair - ICCIKE2023, ICCIKE2021, and ICCIKE2019. He has more than 15 years of experience. His areas of expertise include computer networks, compiler design, cryptography, network security, and artificial intelligence/machine learning.

Smita Nirkhi 擁有 Computer Science and Engineering 博士學位，是一位傑出的學者與研究人員。目前，她任職於 Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Nagpur，擔任副教授。她在教學與研究領域擁有 23 年經驗，專長包括人工智慧、資料探勘、數位鑑識、網路安全、樣式辨識、機器學習與深度學習等。Dr. Nirkhi 曾獲得多項殊榮，包括由 Venus International Foundation 頒發的 Outstanding Woman in Engineering Award（2019）、由 Universal Innovators Leadership 頒發的 Best Teacher Award（2021）、由 Literoma 頒發的 Nari Samman Award（2021），以及由 I2OR 頒發的 Elite Teacher Award（2021）。Dr. Nirkhi 已在知名期刊及國際會議發表超過 75 篇研究論文。

Dr. Nirkhi 擔任 Scientific Reports 的編輯，並積極為知名期刊及 IEEE 會議擔任同儕審查人與編輯委員。她是 IEEE Senior Member、Institution of Engineers (India) Fellow，也是 CSI、ISTE 與 Internet Society 的活躍會員。此外，她還擔任 IEEE Student Branch 分會顧問、IEEE Maharashtra section 秘書，以及 IEEE Maharashtra section System Council Chapter 主席，帶領各項相關倡議。

Vivek Kapur 目前擔任 GHRCEM, Nagpur 的主任。他是一位專業且敬業的學者，擁有超過 20 年的跨職能經驗，專長涵蓋策略規劃、專案管理、技術學院的品質保證與品質提升、成果導向教育，以及訊號與影像處理。他是 Nagpur University 認可的博士及 MTech 指導教授，並獲 National Board of Accreditation, New Delhi 任命為 NBA 評鑑委員。此外，他也是美國頂尖大學代表團的成員。他積極參與並貢獻於 Maharashtra 地區與品質保證及品質提升相關的 NBA 倡議，同時也是多個 LEC 委員會的成員。他是 IEI、ISTE 的專業會員，以及 IEEE Senior Member。

Suman Lata Tripathi 是 Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India 旗下 Symbiosis Institute of Technology，E & TC Department 的教授。她也曾任教於 Lovely Professional University, India，擔任教授。她在學術與研究領域擁有超過 23 年經驗，並於 MNNIT, Allahabad 完成微電子與 VLSI Design 領域的博士學位。2022 至 2023 年，她在英國倫敦的 Nottingham Trent University 完成遠距博士後研究。她的專長包括微電子元件建模與特性分析、低功耗 VLSI 電路設計、VLSI 測試設計、適用於 IoT 的先進 FET 設計、嵌入式系統設計、採用 FPGA 的可重組架構，以及生醫應用。

Ved Prakash Mishra 目前任職於 Amity University Dubai, UAE，擔任學術主管、助理教授與課程領導人。他同時擔任課程領導人、IEEE Senior Member、博士、品質管制（IQAC）協調人，以及 ICCIKE2023、ICCIKE2021 和 ICCIKE2019 的會議主席。他擁有超過 15 年的工作經驗，專長包括電腦網路、編譯器設計、密碼學、網路安全，以及人工智慧／機器學習。