Advances in semi-automated high-throughput image data collection routines, coupled with a decline in storage costs and an increase in high-performance computing solutions have led to an exponential surge in data collected by biomedical scientists and medical practitioners. This book presents an array of image modeling algorithms and methodologies.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th InternationalConference on Information Systems, Technology and Management, ICISTM2011, held in Gurgaon, India, in March 2011.The 35 revised full papers presented together with 4 short papers werecarefully reviewed and selected from 106 submissions. The papers areorganized in topical sections on information management, informationsystems, information technology, healthcare information management andtechnology, business intelligence, applications, as well as managementscience and education.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Information Systems, Technology and Management, ICISTM 2012, held in Grenoble, France, in March 2012. The 38 revised papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 85 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on information systems; information technology; information management; business intelligence; management science and education; applications; workshop on program protection and reverse engineering.

Providing a unique and integrated compendium of both current and emerging machine-learning paradigms in the vital field of health informatics, this work by leading experts reflects the diversity and complexity of this multi-disciplinary area of research.