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A Study of Chinese Characters and Excavated Documents in China

A Study of Chinese Characters and Excavated Documents in China

This two-volume set is a collection of the author’s scholarly articles on Chinese ancient characters and unearthed literature. The first volume focuses on the evolution of Chinese characters analyzing the composition system and its transformation the motivation and mechanisms behind the evolution as well as the methodology of ancient characters studies. It also offers a novel understanding of the core issues related to Shuowen Jiezi a significant work in the tradition of Chinese paleography. The second volume scrutinizes manuscripts unearthed from archaeological findings including silk books and bamboo slips discovered in ancient tombs that date back to the Warring States period and the Qin and Han dynasties as well as Turfan manuscripts. Through textual analysis of these newly excavated documents the author reinterprets the texts and resolves some knotty problems in Chinese paleography. The set will appeal to students and scholars of sinology Chinese philology and paleography and also Chinese characters and unearthed manuscripts. | A Study of Chinese Characters and Excavated Documents in China

GBP 260.00
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Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video

Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video

Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video Fifth Edition is the definitive book on the subject for the serious film student or beginning filmmaker. Its unique two-fold approach looks at filmmaking from the perspectives of both the producer and director and clearly explains how their separate roles must work together to create a successful short film or video. Through extensive examples from award-winning shorts and insightful interviews you will learn about common challenges the filmmakers encountered during each step of filmmaking process from preproduction to production postproduction and distribution and the techniques they used to overcome them. In celebrating this book‘s twentieth anniversary this edition has been updated to include: Two all-new in-depth cases studies of esteemed short films Memory Lane and the Academy Award-winning God of Love A revised chapter progression that reinforces the significance of the actor - director relationship Interviews with the filmmakers integrated alongside the text as well as new images and behind-the-scenes coverage of production processes Revamped sections on current financing strategies postproduction workflows and the wide variety of distribution platforms now available to filmmakers A Where are They Now appendix featuring updates on the original filmmakers covered in the first edition An expanded companion website (www. focalpress. com/cw/rea) containing useful forms and information on distributors grants and financing sources film and video festivals film schools internet sources for short works and professional associations

GBP 180.00
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Principles and Reactions of Protein Extraction Purification and Characterization

Principles and Reactions of Protein Extraction Purification and Characterization

Principles and Reactions of Protein Extraction Purification and Characterization provides the mechanisms and experimental procedures for classic to cutting-edge techniques used in protein extraction purification and characterization. The author presents the principles and reactions behind each procedure and uses tables to compare the different methods. The book also discusses the development of antibodies and immunochemical techniques as tools for characterizing proteins and modified proteins such as glycoproteins. Helpful illustrations diagrams and tables effectively transform theoretical concepts into practical knowledge. Along with methodical working procedures for most techniques the book also offers useful advice on which technique to use and when to apply a particular method. Presenting the advantages and disadvantages of the various protein techniques Principles and Reactions of Protein Extraction Purification and Characterization enables students and researchers to master the mechanisms behind the protocols and choose the best method for their purposes.

GBP 205.00
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Time and Space

Time and Space

The texts presented in Proportion Harmonies and Identities (PHI) Time and Space were compiled to establish a multidisciplinary platform for presenting interacting and disseminating research. It also aims to foster awareness and discussion on Time and Space focusing on different visions relevant to Architecture Arts and Humanities Design and Social Sciences and its importance and benefits for the sense of identity both individual and communal. The idea of Time and Space has been a powerful motor for development since the Western Early Modern Age. Its theoretical and practical foundations have become the working tools of scientists philosophers and artists who seek strategies and policies to accelerate the development process in different contexts.

GBP 180.00
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Learning and Behavior

Learning and Behavior

Learning and Behavior reviews how people and animals learn and how their behaviors are changed because of learning. It describes the most important principles theories controversies and experiments that pertain to learning and behavior that are applicable to diverse species and different learning situations. Both classic studies and recent trends and developments are explored providing a comprehensive survey of the field. Although the behavioral approach is emphasized many cognitive theories are covered as well along with a chapter on comparative cognition. Real-world examples and analogies make the concepts and theories more concrete and relevant to students. In addition most chapters provide examples of how the principles covered have been employed in applied and clinical behavior analysis. The text proceeds from the simple to the complex. The initial chapters introduce the behavioral cognitive and neurophysiological approaches to learning. Later chapters give extensive coverage of classical conditioning and operant conditioning beginning with basic concepts and findings and moving to theoretical questions and current issues. Other chapters examine the topics of reinforcement schedules avoidance and punishment stimulus control and concept learning observational learning and motor skills comparative cognition and choice. Thoroughly updated each chapter features many new studies and references that reflect recent developments in the field. Learning objectives bold-faced key terms practice quizzes a chapter summary review questions and a glossary are included. The text is intended for undergraduate or graduate courses in psychology of learning (human) learning introduction to learning learning processes animal behavior (principles of) learning and behavior conditioning and learning learning and motivation experimental analysis of behavior behaviorism and behavior analysis.

GBP 180.00
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Ballistics Theory and Design of Guns and Ammunition Third Edition

Ballistics Theory and Design of Guns and Ammunition Third Edition

With new chapters homework problems case studies figures and examples Ballistics: Theory and Design of Guns and Ammunition Third Edition encourages superior design and innovative applications in the field of ballistics. It examines the analytical and computational tools for predicting a weapon’s behavior in terms of pressure stress and velocity demonstrating their applications in ammunition and weapons design. New coverage in the Third Edition includes gas-powered guns and naval ordinance. With its thorough coverage of interior exterior and terminal ballistics this new edition continues to be the standard resource for those studying the technology of guns and ammunition. | Ballistics Theory and Design of Guns and Ammunition Third Edition

GBP 180.00
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The Routledge Handbook of Music and Migration Theories and Methodologies

The Routledge Handbook of Music and Migration Theories and Methodologies

The Routledge Handbook of Music and Migration: Theories and Methodologies is a progressive transdisciplinary paradigm-shifting core text for music and migration studies. Conceptualized as a comprehensive methodological and theoretical guide it foregrounds the mobile potentials of music and presents key arguments about why musical expressions matter in the discussion of migration politics. 24 international specialists in music and migration set methodological and theoretical standards for transdisciplinary collaborations in the field of migration studies discussing 41 keywords such as mobility community research ethics human rights and critical whiteness in the context of music and migration. The authors then apply these terms to 16 chapters which deal with ethnomusicological musicological sociological anthropological geographical pedagogical political economic and media-related methodologies and theories which reflect and contest current discourses of migration. In their interdisciplinary focus these chapters advance interrelations between music and migration as enabling factors for socio-cultural studies. Furthermore the authors tackle crucial questions of agency equality and equity as well as the responsibilities and expectations of writers and artists when researching migration phenomena as innate human experience. As a result this handbook provides scholars and students alike with relevant and applicable methodological and theoretical tools in addition to an extensive literature and research review for further research. | The Routledge Handbook of Music and Migration Theories and Methodologies

GBP 205.00
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Synthetics Mineral Oils and Bio-Based Lubricants Chemistry and Technology

Synthetics Mineral Oils and Bio-Based Lubricants Chemistry and Technology

Highlighting the major economic and industrial changes in the lubrication industry since the first edition Synthetics Mineral Oils and Bio-Based Lubricants: Chemistry and Technology Third Edition highlights the major economic and industrial changes in the lubrication industry and outlines the state of the art in each major lubricant application area. Chapters cover the use of lubricant fluids growth or decline of market areas and applications potential new applications production capacities and regulatory issues including biodegradability toxicity and food production equipment lubrication. The highly-anticipated third edition features new and updated chapters including those on automatic and continuously variable transmission fluids fluids for food-grade applications oil-soluble polyalkylene glycols functional bio-based lubricant base stocks farnesene-derived polyolefins estolides bio-based lubricants from soybean oil and trends in construction equipment lubrication. Features include: Contains an index of terms acronyms and analytical testing methods. Presents the latest conventions for describing upgraded mineral oil base fluids. Considers all the major lubrication areas: engine oils industrial lubricants food-grade applications greases and space-age applications Includes individual chapters on lubricant applications—such as environmentally friendly disk drive and magnetizable fluids—for major market areas around the globe. In a single unique volume Synthetics Mineral Oils and Bio-Based Lubricants: Chemistry and Technology Third Edition offers property and performance information of fluids theoretical and practical background to their current applications and strong indicators for global market trends that will influence the industry for years to come. | Synthetics Mineral Oils and Bio-Based Lubricants Chemistry and Technology

GBP 300.00
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Vibrations and Waves

Vibrations and Waves

The M. I. T. Introductory Physics Series is the result of a program of careful study planning and development that began in 1960. The Education Research Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (formerly the Science Teaching Center) was established to study the process of instruction aids thereto and the learning process itself with special reference to science teaching at the university level. Generous support from a number of foundations provided the means for assembling and maintaining an experienced staff to co-operate with members of the Institute's Physics Department in the examination improvement and development of physics curriculum materials for students planning careers in the sciences. After careful analysis of objectives and the problems involved preliminary versions of textbooks were prepared tested through classroom use at M. I. T. and other institutions re-evaluated rewritten and tried again. Only then were the final manuscripts undertaken. | Vibrations and Waves

GBP 180.00
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Handbook of Standards and Guidelines in Human Factors and Ergonomics

Handbook of Standards and Guidelines in Human Factors and Ergonomics

With an updated edition including new material in additional chapters this one-of-a-kind handbook covers not only current standardization efforts but also anthropometry and optimal working postures ergonomic human computer interactions legal protection occupational health and safety and military human factor principles. While delineating the crucial role that standards and guidelines play in facilitating the design of advantageous working conditions to enhance individual performance the handbook suggests ways to expand opportunities for global economic and ergonomic development. This book features: Guidance on the design of work systems including tasks equipment and workspaces as well as the work environment in relation to human capacities and limitations Emphasis on important human factors and ergonomic standards that can be utilized to improve product and process to ensure efficiency and safety A focus on quality control to ensure that standards are met throughout the worldwide market | Handbook of Standards and Guidelines in Human Factors and Ergonomics

GBP 205.00
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Infectious Diseases and Pathology of Reptiles Color Atlas and Text Diseases and Pathology of Reptiles Volume 1

Infectious Diseases and Pathology of Reptiles Color Atlas and Text Diseases and Pathology of Reptiles Volume 1

Infectious Diseases and Pathology of Reptiles Second Edition provides definitive information on every aspect of the anatomy pathophysiology and differential diagnosis of infectious diseases affecting reptiles. It features stunning high-quality color photos of normal anatomy and histology as well as gross light and electron microscopic images of infectious diseases of reptiles. Editor Elliott Jacobson draws on his own photography collection and his wealth of experience spanning over 40 years in the research of infectious diseases and veterinary care of reptiles. Already a comprehensive reference a new volume covering noninfectious diseases of reptiles has now been added to create a two-volume set Diseases and Pathology of Reptiles. Beginning with a thorough review of the biology anatomy and histology of reptiles Volume 1 covers all major systems and provides the most complete single source for color images of reptile histology hematology and cytology. Volume 1 addresses the mechanism of reptile immunology and the response to pathogens and explains how immunological response is key to differential diagnosis. It provides an overview of electron microscopy complete with electron micrographs of reptile pathogens and introduces the necessity of molecular methods for diagnosis. Finally this volume devotes several chapters to the viral bacterial fungal and parasitic diseases known to reptiles and methods for isolating these pathogens. With up-to-the-minute data an array of sharp and high-quality images and a panel of expert contributors this new edition of Infectious Diseases and Pathology of Reptiles is the definitive resource for veterinary pathologists zoo or wildlife veterinarians and the increasing number of private practice veterinarians seeing reptiles kept as exotic pets. It is also ideal reading for veterinary students specializing in exotics candidates for ACZM accreditation and private breeders and hobbyists. | Infectious Diseases and Pathology of Reptiles Color Atlas and Text Diseases and Pathology of Reptiles Volume 1

GBP 200.00
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Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Data Analysis Concepts and Applications Second Edition

Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Data Analysis Concepts and Applications Second Edition

Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Data Analysis: Concepts and Applications teaches everyday biological data analysis to the undergraduate and graduate levels. Through numerous examples and over 100 tutorials scientists learn how to use PK/PD seamlessly in a variety of practical areas from simple plasma kinetics multi-compartment models nonlinear kinetics plasma protein binding pharmacodynamic models turnover concepts receptor binding functional adaption and rebound dose-response-time data analysis inter-species scaling and a lot more. A substantial effort has been invested into the new pharmacokineticsand pharmacodynamics including many new and updated Case Studies. The text develops a logical real-world approach to data and reasoning showing the reader how to: Think both analytically and visually about data Use graphics to make a point Impove your pattern recognition ability Make sound decisions Strategize your data analyses Appreciate more fully the exciting field of Quantitative Pharmacology | Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Data Analysis Concepts and Applications Second Edition

GBP 200.00
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Vitamins and Minerals in the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer

Vitamins and Minerals in the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer

This book provides researchers and practitioners with a unique collection of current research on the role of vitamins and micronutrients in cancer prevention and treatment. New theories are discussed including a hypothesis that dietary factors may protect against genetically predisposed cancers. Mechanisms by which different vitamins and minerals appear to inhibit carcinogenesis or cell transformation are described including vitamins A C E and selenium protection against oxidative stress by induction of enzymes as catalase and dismutase or inteference with free radical mechanisms; organosulfur compound inhibition of P450 activation enzymes or enhancement of detoxification enzymes; metal ion effects in the modulation of gene expression by site-specific binding of Zn-finger loop domains; B-carotene metabolite up-regulation of gap junctional communication between cells; and vitamin D3 elimination of amplified oncogenes or drug resistant genes. The book also reviews literature implicating a possible relationship between potassium and the control of cancer. Other information presented includes a discussion of contemporary technologies and data associating lipotrope deficiencies with alterations in xenobiotic metabolism nucleic acid methylation purine and pyrimidine synthesis signal transduction and chromosome anomalies. | Vitamins and Minerals in the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer

GBP 205.00
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Britain and Latin America in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Britain and Latin America in the 19th and 20th Centuries

The first full-length survey of Britain's role in Latin America as a whole from the early 1800s to the 1950s when influence in the region passed to the United States. Rory Miller examines the reasons for the rise and decline of British influence and reappraises its impact on the Latin American states. Did it as often claimed circumscribe their political autonomy and inhibit their economic development? This sustained case study of imperialism and dependency will have an interest beyond Latin American specialists alone. | Britain and Latin America in the 19th and 20th Centuries

GBP 180.00
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Civil Engineering and Disaster Prevention Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Civil Architecture and Disaster Prevention and

Civil Engineering and Disaster Prevention Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Civil Architecture and Disaster Prevention and

Civil Engineering and Disaster Prevention focuses on the research of civil engineering architecture and disaster prevention and control. These proceedings gather the most cutting-edge research and achievements aiming to provide scholars and engineers with valuable research direction and engineering solutions. Subjects covered in the proceedings include: Civil Engineering Engineering Structure Architectural Materials Disaster Prevention and Control Building Electrical Engineering The works of these proceedings aim to promote the development of civil engineering and environment engineering. Thereby fostering scientific information interchange between scholars from the top universities research centers and high-tech enterprises working all around the world. | Civil Engineering and Disaster Prevention Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Civil Architecture and Disaster Prevention and

GBP 230.00
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Optimization for Energy Systems and Supply Chains Fundamentals and Applications

Optimization for Energy Systems and Supply Chains Fundamentals and Applications

To curb the impacts of rising CO2 emissions the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report states that a net zero target needs to be achieved by the year 2055. Experts argue that this is a critical time to make important and accurate decisions. Thus it is essential to have the right tools to efficiently plan and deploy future energy systems and supply chains. Mathematical models can provide decision-makers with the tools required to make well-informed decisions relating to development of energy systems and supply chains. This book provides an understanding of the various available energy systems the basics behind mathematical models the steps required to develop mathematical models and examples/case studies where such models are applied. Divided into two parts one covering basics for beginners and the other featuring contributed chapters offering illustrative examples this book: Shows how mathematical models are applied to solve problems in energy systems and supply chains Provides fundamentals of the working principles of various energy systems and their technologies Offers basics of how to formulate and best practices for developing mathematical models topics not covered in other titles Features a wide range of case studies Teaches readers to develop their own mathematical models to make decisions on energy systems This book is aimed at chemical process mechanical and energy engineers. | Optimization for Energy Systems and Supply Chains Fundamentals and Applications

GBP 180.00
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Hair and Scalp Disorders Medical Surgical and Cosmetic Treatments Second Edition

Hair and Scalp Disorders Medical Surgical and Cosmetic Treatments Second Edition

A succinct and comprehensive guide examining the treatment of hair and scalp disorders with a special emphasis on how hair type morphology and ethnicity can impact on hair disease and treatment. This updated and revised second edition builds on a successful first edition with additional chapters on dermoscopy on how technology can best be integrated into clinical practice and on aging hair. | Hair and Scalp Disorders Medical Surgical and Cosmetic Treatments Second Edition

GBP 180.00
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Advances in Sustainable Development and Management of Environmental and Natural Resources Economic Outlook and Opinions 2-volume set

Advances in Sustainable Development and Management of Environmental and Natural Resources Economic Outlook and Opinions 2-volume set

Published in two volumes this new book Advances in Sustainable Development and Management of Environmental and Natural Resources: Economic Outlook and Opinions addresses the varied aspect of natural resources and their management in conjunction with socioeconomic aspects. With chapters from authors from around the world this volume features 24 chapters that cover many aspects of the sustainable utilization of management of natural resources and provides new insight into the nexus of ecology and economy and their application in various fields of science. The chapters include case studies and research from India Africa South America and elsewhere. After first laying the foundation the volume goes on to discuss sustainable development and natural resource management from an economics point of view. Chapters address myriad issues involved in natural resources and environmental management including soil and water resources management in arid lands resource management for agricultural purposes contemporary global legal norms of environment and sustainable development how emissions factor into regional economies mitigation of the impact of climate change through sustainable practices rainwater harvesting technology and much more. The chapters include case studies that discuss soil agroforestry agriculture wetlands and floral diversity. The book provides a solid foundation for a realistic perspective of the role of sustainable development and management of natural resources while taking the socioeconomic impact into consideration as well. It will be a valuable resource and reference for the study of ecology economics sustainable development natural resource management and other allied fields. | Advances in Sustainable Development and Management of Environmental and Natural Resources Economic Outlook and Opinions 2-volume set

GBP 231.00
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Climate Change and Estuaries

Climate Change and Estuaries

Climate change is having an increasing impact on coastal estuarine and marine environments worldwide. This book provides state-of-the-art coverage of climate change effects on estuarine ecosystems from local regional and global perspectives. With editors among the most noted international scholars in coastal ecology and estuarine science and contributors who are world-class in their fields the chapters in this volume consist of comprehensive studies in coastal estuarine and marine sciences climate change and coastal management and provide an extensive international collection of data in tabular illustrated and narrative formats useful for coastal scientists planners and managers. Comprised of three sections: (1) physical-chemical aspects; (2) biological aspects; and (3) management aspects the book not only examines climatic and non-climatic drivers of change affecting coastal estuarine and marine environments but also their interactions and effects on populations of organisms communities habitats and ecosystem structure and function. Pulling together today’s most salient issues and key literature advances for those concerned with coastal management it allows the reader to see across direct and indirect interactions among disciplinary and ecosystem boundaries. Climate Change and Estuaries meets the research needs of climate scientists estuarine and marine biologists marine chemists marine geologists hydrologists and coastal engineers while students professors administrators and other professionals will also find it an exhaustive reference.

GBP 210.00
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Pharmaceutical Biocatalysis Fundamentals Enzyme Inhibitors and Enzymes in Health and Diseases

Pharmaceutical Biocatalysis Fundamentals Enzyme Inhibitors and Enzymes in Health and Diseases

This book provides an overview of the world market of therapeutic enzymes and enzyme inhibitors rare diseases orphan drugs the costs of drug development and therapies and enzymes in downstream processing of pharmaceuticals. It discusses carbonic anhydrase inhibitors and their multiple drug interactions carboxylesterase inhibitors for pharmaceutical applications employment of inhibitors for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases use of engineered proteins bioactive peptides and fibrinolytic enzymes for thrombolytic therapy and enzymes important for the design and development of new drugs/drug metabolites such as aldehyde oxidases and cytochrome P450 enzymes and the role the latter play in vascular biology and pathophysiology. The treatment of cancer is explored in connection with enzymatic amino acid deprivation therapies and new drugs that act as chemical degraders of oncogenic proteins. The book also introduces the resistance mechanisms of cancer. Furthermore it provides an insight into the relationship between pathological conditions of cardiovascular disease and oxidative stress. The text also focuses on the potential use of nanoparticles as carriers for enzymes with medical relevance computer-aided drug design for the identification of multi-target directed ligands and the development of improved therapeutics through a glycan-“designer” approach. It concludes with an introduction to the chemoenzymatic synthesis of drugs. | Pharmaceutical Biocatalysis Fundamentals Enzyme Inhibitors and Enzymes in Health and Diseases

GBP 193.00
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Geometry Topology and Physics

Geometry Topology and Physics

Differential geometry and topology have become essential tools for many theoretical physicists. In particular they are indispensable in theoretical studies of condensed matter physics gravity and particle physics. Geometry Topology and Physics Second Edition introduces the ideas and techniques of differential geometry and topology at a level suitable for postgraduate students and researchers in these fields. The second edition of this popular and established text incorporates a number of changes designed to meet the needs of the reader and reflect the development of the subject. The book features a considerably expanded first chapter reviewing aspects of path integral quantization and gauge theories. Chapter 2 introduces the mathematical concepts of maps vector spaces and topology. The following chapters focus on more elaborate concepts in geometry and topology and discuss the application of these concepts to liquid crystals superfluid helium general relativity and bosonic string theory. Later chapters unify geometry and topology exploring fiber bundles characteristic classes and index theorems. New to this second edition is the proof of the index theorem in terms of supersymmetric quantum mechanics. The final two chapters are devoted to the most fascinating applications of geometry and topology in contemporary physics namely the study of anomalies in gauge field theories and the analysis of Polakov's bosonic string theory from the geometrical point of view. Geometry Topology and Physics Second Edition is an ideal introduction to differential geometry and topology for postgraduate students and researchers in theoretical and mathematical physics.

GBP 180.00
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Medical Image Processing Reconstruction and Analysis Concepts and Methods Second Edition

Medical Image Processing Reconstruction and Analysis Concepts and Methods Second Edition

Differently oriented specialists and students involved in image processing and analysis need to have a firm grasp of concepts and methods used in this now widely utilized area. This book aims at being a single-source reference providing such foundations in the form of theoretical yet clear and easy to follow explanations of underlying generic concepts. Medical Image Processing Reconstruction and Analysis – Concepts and Methods explains the general principles and methods of image processing and analysis focusing namely on applications used in medical imaging. The content of this book is divided into three parts: Part I – Images as Multidimensional Signals provides the introduction to basic image processing theory explaining it for both analogue and digital image representations. Part II – Imaging Systems as Data Sources offers a non-traditional view on imaging modalities explaining their principles influencing properties of the obtained images that are to be subsequently processed by methods described in this book. Newly principles of novel modalities as spectral CT functional MRI ultrafast planar-wave ultrasonography and optical coherence tomography are included. Part III – Image Processing and Analysis focuses on tomographic image reconstruction image fusion and methods of image enhancement and restoration; further it explains concepts of low-level image analysis as texture analysis image segmentation and morphological transforms. A new chapter deals with selected areas of higher-level analysis as principal and independent component analysis and particularly the novel analytic approach based on deep learning. Briefly also the medical image-processing environment is treated including processes for image archiving and communication. Features Presents a theoretically exact yet understandable explanation of image processing and analysis concepts and methods Offers practical interpretations of all theoretical conclusions as derived in the consistent explanation Provides a concise treatment of a wide variety of medical imaging modalities including novel ones with respect to properties of provided image data | Medical Image Processing Reconstruction and Analysis Concepts and Methods Second Edition

GBP 200.00
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