Biostatistics category: 339 books
Computational Neuroanatomy
The Methods
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012
Computational neuroanatomy is an emerging field that utilizes various non-invasive brain imaging modalities, such as MRI and DTI, in quantifying the spatiotemporal dynamics of the human brain structures in both normal and clinical populations. This discipline emerged about twenty years ago and has...
Knowledge-Based Bioinformatics
From Analysis to Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
There is an increasing need throughout the biomedical sciences for a greater understanding of knowledge-based systems and their application to genomic and proteomic research. This book discusses knowledge-based and statistical approaches, along with applications in bioinformatics and systems biology....
by T.A. Marques, S. T. Buckland, E.A. Rexstad
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2015
In this book, the authors cover the basic methods and advances within distance sampling that are most valuable to practitioners and in ecology more broadly. This is the fourth book dedicated to distance sampling. In the decade since the last book published, there have been a number of new developments....
by Michael Harris, Gordon Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
Medical Statistics Made Easy has been a perennial bestseller since it was first published in 2003 (#1 bestseller in medical statistics on Amazon). It is widely recommend on a variety of courses and programmes, from undergraduate medicine, through to professional medical qualifications.
It is...
Clinical Trials Dictionary
Terminology and Usage Recommendations
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
A thoroughly updated new edition of the essential reference on the design, practice, and analysis of clinical trials
Clinical Trials Dictionary: Terminology and Usage Recommendations, Second Edition presents clear, precise, meticulously detailed entries on all aspects of modern-day clinical...
Computational Diffusion MRI
MICCAI Workshop, Québec, Canada, September 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
This volume presents the latest developments in the highly active and rapidly growing field of diffusion MRI. The reader will find numerous contributions covering a broad range of topics, from the mathematical foundations of the diffusion process and signal generation, to new computational methods...
by Geraldine Rauch, Svenja Schüler, Meinhard Kieser
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
This book addresses the most important aspects of how to plan and evaluate clinical trials with a composite primary endpoint to guarantee a clinically meaningful and valid interpretation of the results. Composite endpoints are often used as primary efficacy variables for clinical trials, particularly...
Influence of Economic Instability on Health
Proceedings of a Symposium organized by the Gesellschaft für Strahlen- und Umweltforschung, Institut für Medizinische Informatik und Systemforschung, with technical support from the World Health Organisation, Regional Office for Europe, München, Fede
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
The worldwide economic recession of the last years - sometimes described as an outright depression similar to the one of the early thirties - has led many health policy analysts and even policy makers to revive the old question of whether, and in what respect, there is a close relationship between economic...
Sequential Experimentation in Clinical Trials
Design and Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Sequential Experimentation in Clinical Trials: Design and Analysis is developed from decades of work in research groups, statistical pedagogy, and workshop participation. Different parts of the book can be used for short courses on clinical trials, translational medical research, and sequential experimentation. The...
by Chiara Brombin, LUIGI SALMASO
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
Statistical shape analysis is a geometrical analysis from a set of shapes in which statistics are measured to describe geometrical properties from similar shapes or different groups, for instance, the difference between male and female Gorilla skull shapes, normal and pathological bone shapes, etc....
by Ton J. Cleophas, Aeilko H. Zwinderman
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2012
The first part of this title contained all statistical tests that are relevant for starters on SPSS, and included standard parametric and non-parametric tests for continuous and binary variables, regression methods, trend tests, and reliability and validity assessments of diagnostic tests. The current...
Experimental Design for Laboratory Biologists
Maximising Information and Improving Reproducibility
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Specifically intended for lab-based biomedical researchers, this practical guide shows how to design experiments that are reproducible, with low bias, high precision, and widely applicable results. With specific examples from research using both cell cultures and model organisms, it explores key ideas...
Computational Network Analysis with R
Applications in Biology, Medicine and Chemistry
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
This new title in the well-established "Quantitative Network Biology" series includes innovative and existing methods for analyzing network data in such areas as network biology and chemoinformatics.
With its easy-to-follow introduction to the theoretical background and application-oriented chapters,...
European Approaches to Patient Classification Systems
Methods and Applications Based on Disease Severity, Resource Needs, and Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
R. Leidl, P. Potthoff, and D. Schwefel Health is a most vital resource represented in the degree of our well-being and our ability to conduct active and satisfactory lives. Acute and chronic illnesses diminish such well-being and abilities and may require resources for medical or nursing care. The...