Computers in Biology and Medicine is a medium of international communication
of the revolutionary advances being made in the application of the computer to
the fields of bioscience and medicine. The Journal encourages the exchange of
important research, instruction, ideas and information on all aspects of the
rapidly expanding area of computer usage in these fields. The Journal will
focus on such areas as (1) Analysis of Biomedical Systems: Solutions of
Equations; (2) Synthesis of Biomedical Systems: Simulations; (3) Special
Medical Data Processing Methods; (4) Special Purpose Computers and Clinical
Data Processing for Real Time, Clinical and Experimental Use; and (5) Medical
Diagnosis and Medical Record Processing. Also included are the fields of (6)
Biomedical Engineering; and (7) Medical Informatics as well as Bioinformatics.
The journal is expanding to include (8) Medical Applications of the Internet
and World Wide Web; (9) Human Genomics; (10) Proteomics; and (11) Functional
Brain Studies.
The publication policy is to
publish (1) New, original articles that have been appropriately reviewed by
competent scientific people, (2) Surveys of developments in the fields, (3)
Pedagogical papers covering specific areas of interest, and (4) Book reviews
pertinent to the field.
Articles which examine the
following topics of special interest are being featured in Computers in Biology and
Medicine: Computer aids to the analysis of biochemical systems,
computer aids to biocontrol-systems engineering, neuronal simulation by
digital-computer gating components, automatic computer analysis of pictures of
biological and medical importance, use of computers by commercial
pharmaceutical and chemical organizations, radiation-dosage computers, and
accumulating and recalling individual medical records, real-time languages,
interfaces to patient monitors, clinical chemistry equipment, data handling and
display in nuclear medicine and therapy.
