| Course ID: | CSCI 8860. 4 hours. |
| Course Title: | Biomedical Informatics |
Course
Description: | This course introduces advanced topics and applications of
biomedical informatics, including health informatics systems,
imaging informatics systems, computer-aided diagnosis,
computer-aided follow-up, and translational biomedical
informatics systems. Advanced applications of state-of-the-art
biomedical informatics software systems will be emphasized. |
| Oasis Title: | BIOMED INFO |
| Prerequisite: | CSCI 4850/6850 or permission of department |
Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Students will have a thorough understanding of the most common
biomedical informatics problems and approaches, as well as their
advanced applications. This course is aimed at graduate students
in computer science and biomedical health sciences. Computer
science students will understand the state-of-the-art advanced
algorithms to deal with complex, heterogeneous and high
dimensional biomedical data. Biomedical health sciences
students will understand current software environments and
solutions to support healthcare management. |
| Topical Outline: | 1. Overview of biomedical informatics
2. Clinical informatics systems
3. Clinical decision support and advanced algorithms
4. Computer aided diagnosis and advanced algorithms
5. Computer aided followup and advanced algorithms
6. Ethical issues
7. Imaging informatics systems
8. Personal health records and advanced algorithms
9. Patient-centered health informatics and advanced algorithms
10. Advanced biomedical informatics software systems
11. Trends in biomedical informatics |