This book grew out of the IEEE-EMBS Summer Schools on Biomedical Signal Processing, which have been held annually since 2002 to provide the participants state-of-the-art knowledge on emerging areas in biomedical engineering. Prominent experts in the areas of biomedical signal processing, biomedical data treatment, medicine, signal processing, system biology, and applied physiology introduce novel techniques and algorithms as well as their clinical or physiological applications.

The book provides an overview of a compelling group of advanced biomedical signal processing techniques, such as multisource and multiscale integration of information for physiology and clinical decision; the impact of advanced methods of signal processing in cardiology and neurology; the integration of signal processing methods with a modelling approach; complexity measurement from biomedical signals; higher order analysis in biomedical signals; advanced methods of signal and data processing in genomics and proteomics; and classification and parameter enhancement.

Sergio Cerutti, PhD, is Chairman of the Biomedical Engineering Program at the Department of Bioengineering, Politecnico in Milan. A Fellow of the IEEE, EAMBES and AIMBE, Dr. Cerutti serves as Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions of Biomedical Engineering. He is the Co-Chair of the Steering Committee of the International IEEE-EMBS Summer Schools on Biomedical Signal Processing.

Carlo Marchesi, PhD, is Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florence, Italy. A Co-Chair of the Italian Summer School on Biomedical Signal Processing, Dr. Marchesi's research interests include the application of computer science to medicine, data mining, and assistive technology to aid the disabled.