Medical Imaging Technologies and Methods for Health Care provides timely, evidence-based information that helps readers understand innovations in medical imaging. These innovations are computer / imaging based technologies which are set to have a bigger impact on the detection and management of human diseases. This volume covers: - Image processing and analyses - Computer-aided diagnosis and detection - Data mining in medical imaging - Mobile picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) - Image analytic methods in bone mineral density and detection of Alzheimer's disease - Biomedical engineering methods applied in biomedical imaging This volume is intended as a useful resource for undergraduate and post-graduate students in medical imaging technology, radiographers, doctors, biomedical engineers, researchers and practitioners in health care.