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The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

From Basic Methods to Clinical Practice

  • 1st Edition - August 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Mario Cannataro
  • Language: English

The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: From Basic Methods to Clinical Practice explores revolutionary technological advancements in the medical and health… Read more

Description

The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: From Basic Methods to Clinical Practice explores revolutionary technological advancements in the medical and healthcare realms due to generative AI and Deep Learning. This comprehensive guide not only explores cutting-edge technologies such as transformers and large language models for newcomers but also demystifies advanced applications like sequential decoding techniques and segmentation algorithms rarely explored in other literature. Sections cover foundational concepts and terminologies, explore deep learning and generative AI, provide AI's role in biomedical research, examine its integration into clinical practice, scrutinize its applications in public health, and discuss challenges and future prospects.

This is an indispensable resource for healthcare professionals, scientists, researchers, students, and enthusiasts seeking to deepen their understanding of this rapidly evolving field.

Key features

  • Demonstrates the main opportunities of using AI in clinical practice and biomedical research
  • Gives insights into the main challenges and risks of using AI in clinical practice and biomedical research
  • Provides specific requirements for AI systems to be used in biomedical research and clinical practices
  • Demonstrates legal and ethical aspects of AI systems

Readership

Medical Clinicians, Researchers, Healthcare Providers and AI Technologists

Table of contents

Part I. Artificial Intelligence. basic concepts and definitions

1. Machine Learning and Deep Learning

2. Artificial Neural Networks

3. Data Mining and Data Science

Part II. Artificial Intelligence. deep learning and generative AI

4. Transformers

5. Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT)

6. Generative AI, Large Language Models

7. GPT. Generative Pre-trained Transformers

8. BARD

Part III. Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Research

9. Bioinformatics methods and AI.

10. Network Science methods and AI

11. AI for investigating the molecular basis of diseases.

12. AI and Drug Repurposing

Part IV. Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Practice

13. AI based analysis of biosignals

14. AI-based analysis of bioimages

15. AI-based analysis of Medical Reports and Electronic Health Records

16. AI in surgery

17. AI in oncology

Part V. Artificial Intelligence in Public Health

18. One-Health AI

19. Virus diffusion prevention and management

Part VI.

20. Opportunities and Risks of Generative AI (GPT) in Medicine

21. Bias

22. Clinician and Dataset Shift

23. Explainability and Black Box models

24. Privacy and Security

25. Legal and ethical aspects

26. Integrating human and AI knowledge

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Mario Cannataro

Mario Cannataro is a Full Professor of Computer Engineering and Bioinformatics at University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, Italy. He is the director of the Data Analytics research center and the chair of the Bioinformatics Laboratory. His current research interests include bioinformatics, medical informatics, artificial intelligence, sentiment analysis, data analytics, parallel and distributed computing. He is a member of the editorial boards of Briefings in Bioinformatics and IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. He was guest editor of several special issues on bioinformatics and health informatics and organized several bioinformatics workshops in conjunction with ACM-BCB and IEEE-BIBM conferences. He has published three books and more than 300 papers in international journals and conference proceedings. Prof. Cannataro is a member of the Ethical Committee of the Calabria Region and a senior member of ACM, IEEE and SIBIM, He is currently a member of the steering committee of the Italian Bioinformatics Society (BITS) and of the Italian Association for Telemedicine and Medical Informatics (AITIM).

Affiliations and expertise
University "Magna Græcia" of Catanzaro, Italy