Overview
- Editors:
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Geert T. Meester
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Interuniversity Institute of Cardiology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Francesco Pinciroli
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Department of Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Subject-oriented databases
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- K. J. Sprenger, M. M. A. De Moor
Pages 289-304
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Departmental applications
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Front Matter
Pages 305-305
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- Rüdiger Brennecke, Frank Schön, Raimund Erbel
Pages 307-313
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- Marco Tubaro, Carlo Iacoangeli, Enrico Natale, Roberto Ricci, Filippo Milazzotto
Pages 335-342
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- Thomas W. Rosenal, Margaret White, Kathryn J. Hannah
Pages 343-355
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- F. Pinciroli, C. Combi, G. Pozzi, R. Rossi
Pages 367-380
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- G. Pinelli, G. Carini, G. L. Manini, S. Urbinati, M. Ruffini, L. Guazzotti
Pages 381-391
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- L. Goncalves, R. Domingos
Pages 393-400
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- G. T. Meester, O. E. H. Sartorius, D. Fanggidaej, M. G. J. M. Gerritsen, J. A. T. G. Van Kester, F. M. Van Rappard-Van Der Veen
Pages 401-413
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Back Matter
Pages 415-425
About this book
A database is in principle just a large collection of related or separate data, systematically stored in a computer. It should be possible for the data to be easily entered into the database-structure and afterwards also easily read, corrected and processed. The later analysis of data from such a database is greatly enhanced by the availability of special query languages and statistical analysis programs, not only for serial items but also for large combinations of data. Query languages, such as SQL (Structured Query Language) developed especially for these purposes, make databases easily accessible, also to researchers who may not be very well versed in computer programming. The cardiological/medical clinician and researcher of today is of necessity confronted more and more with computer-based data storage. Interest is of course focused primarily on the clinical use of such databases more than on the technical design itself, except for some very specific, personalized applications. For the latter approach, there are at present many software packages commercially available, especially designed for use in the personal computer environment. This book is comprised out of a number of contributions by various authors with differing backgrounds and from many different countries. The editors, being a cardiologist and an information scientist, have strived to achieve an equilibrium between these two fields. The chapters in this book form a cross-section of the many approaches to database design and implementation in the area of cardiology.
Editors and Affiliations
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Interuniversity Institute of Cardiology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Geert T. Meester
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Department of Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Francesco Pinciroli