Call for papers: Decision Support in Medicine

A special issue of International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology

The focus of this special issue is to review the state-of-the-art of the various stages in the development of DSS in medicine and implications to clinical users and healthcare providers.

Original contributions on novel, robust, user and environment constraints aware, interoperable and effective solutions to existing problems within the aforementioned context are invited. Authors are requested to submit manuscripts including, but not limited to, the following topics:

* Image and data analysis to aid diagnosis and prognosis
* Signal processing
* Pattern recognition analysis
* Design and development of computerised DSS
* Evaluation methods prior to clinical use
* Clinical trials and randomised-controlled trials
* Deployment methods of DSS including the use of the Internet
* Ethical issues related to the use of DSS in clinical practice
* Cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis of DSS