Information Sources for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Informatics

Information Sources for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Informatics presents the skills biomedical engineering researchers require in order to search for, retrieve and assess relevant data and information in their field. The title provides solutions relating to documents, technical standards, dedicated institutions, specialized vocabularies, ontologies and terminologies. Finally, the book gives the techniques and tools required to identify and assess useful information resources in a complex scientific information ecosystem, including how to use advanced scientometric techniques.

• Provides information resources for biomedical engineering and medical informatics
• Offers the practical knowledge needed to search for, and assess, data sources in biomedical engineering and medical informatics
• Covers specialized vocabularies, ontologies and terminologies
• Introduces relevant information, retrieval techniques and documentary languages