1. Introduction to medical applications of artificial intelligence / Arvin Agah -- 2. Overview of artificial intelligence / David O. Johnson -- 3. Overview of prominent machine learning and data mining methods with example applications to the medical domain / Christopher M. Gifford -- 4. Introduction to computational intelligence techniques and areas of their applications in medicine / Ali Niknejad and Dobrila Petrovic -- 5. Satisficing or the right information at the right time : artificial intelligence and information retrieval, a comparative study in medicine and law / Paul Thompson -- 6. Soft tissue characterization using genetic algorithm / Yongmin Zhong, Yashar Madjidi, Bijan Shirinzadeh, Julian Smith, and Chengfan Gu -- 7. Investigation on support vector machines and wavelet transform in electroencephalogram signal classification / Clodoaldo A. M. Lima, Renata C. B. Madeo, Sarajane Marques Peres, and Marcio Eisencraft -- 8. Building Naïve Bayes Classifiers with high-dimensional and small-sized data sets / Lin Liu and Jiuyong Li -- 9. Predicting toxicity of chemicals computationally / Meenakshi Mishra, Jun Huan, and Brian Potetz -- 10. Cancer prediction methodology using an enhanced artificial neural network-based classifier and dominant gene expression / Manaswini Pradhan and Ranjit Kumar Sahu -- 11. A system for melanoma diagnosis based on data mining / Jerzy W. Grzymala-Busse, Zdzislaw S. Hippe, and Lukasz Piatek -- 12. Implementation and optimization of a method for retinal layer extraction and reconstruction in optical coherence tomography images / Marcos Ortega Hortas, Ana Gonzalez Lopez, Manuel Gonzalez Penedo, and Pablo Charlon Cardenoso -- 13. Deep learning for the semiautomated analysis of pap smears / Kriti Chakdar and Brian Potetz -- 14. A penalized fuzzy clustering algorithm with its application in magnetic resonance image segmentation / Wen-Liang Hung and Miin-Shen Yang -- 15. Uncertainty, safety, and performance : a generalizable approach to risk-based (therapeutic) decision making / J. Geoffrey Chase, Balazs Benyo, Thomas Desaive, Liam Fisk, Jennifer L. Dickson, Sophie Penning, Matthew K. Signal, Attila Illyes, Noeimi Szabo-Nemedi, and Geoffrey M. Shaw -- 16. Clinical decision support in medicine : a survey of current state-of-the-art implementations, best practices, and gaps / Sylvia Tidwell Scheuring, Wanda Larson, Jerome Scheuring, and Thomas Harlan -- 17. Fuzzy nave Bayesian approach for medical decision support / Kavishwar B. Wagholikar and Ashok W. Deshpande -- 18. Approaches for establishing methodologies in metabolomic studies for clinical diagnostics / Daniel J. Peirano, Alexander A. Aksenov, Alberto Pasamontes, and Cristina E. Davis -- 19. A comparison of seven discretization techniques used for rule induction from data on the lazy eye vision disorder / Patrick G. Clark, Jerzy W. Grzymala-Busse, and Gerhard W. Cibis --

20. A crash introduction to ambient assisted living / Manuel Fernandez-Carmona and Cristina Urdiales -- 21. Intelligent light therapy for older adults : ambient assisted living / Joost van Hoof, Eveline J. M. Wouters, Bjorn Schrader, Harold T. G. Weffers, Marieulle P. J. Aarts, Myriam B. C. Aries, and Adriana C. Westerlaken -- 22. Context awareness for medical applications / Nathalie Bricon-Souf and Emmanuel Conchon -- 23. Natural language processing in medicine / Rui Zhang, Yan Wang, and Genevieve B. Melton -- 24. Intelligent personal health record / Gang Luo, Selena B. Thomas, and Chunqiang Tang -- 25. Application of artificial intelligence in minimally invasive surgery and artificial palpation / Siamak Najarian and Pedram Pahlavan -- 26. Wearable behavior navigation systems for first-aid assistance / Eimei Oyama, Norifumi Watanabe, Naoji Shiroma, and Takashi Omori -- 27. Artificial intelligence approaches for drug safety surveillance and analysis / Mei Liu, Yong Hu, Michael E. Matheny, Lian Duan, and Hua Xu -- 28. Artificial intelligence resources : publications and tools / Arvin Agah.