Intelligent Networks

Part 1. Current Technological Foundation

The evolution of technology during the last few years has been unprecedented. The nature of growth in numerous areas (VLSI, processors, supercomputers, networks, and global reach) have brought about profound impacts on every phase of human life in direction’s incomprehensible a few decades back. In this part of the book, the three (processing, networking, and electronic network servicing) directions that affect the medical field are presented. The focus is on medical enhancements that are feasible with the current technologies and is emerging in the economic and social arena. The pathways toward medical machines that will facilitate the practice of medicine as much as computer-aided design has facilitated ...