This volume brings together recent research that demonstrates how intelligent computing is addressing some of today's most important healthcare challenges. The chapters explore a diverse range of applications, including cancer diagnosis, heart disease prediction, sepsis detection, chronic disease monitoring through IoT-enabled healthcare systems, depression recognition from speech signals, and mental stress assessment using behavioural and academic data. While each contribution focuses on a distinct healthcare problem, they are united by a common vision of combining data-driven intelligence with mechatronic sensing and smart healthcare technologies to improve diagnostic accuracy, patient monitoring, and clinical decision support.

By bringing together methodological innovations and real-world healthcare applications, this book offers readers a comprehensive perspective on emerging trends in intelligent healthcare. We hope it serves as a valuable resource for researchers, academicians, healthcare professionals, and postgraduate students seeking to advance AI-enabled, mechatronic, and patient-centric healthcare systems.

Dr. Akshat Agrawal obtained his Ph.D. from GGSIPU, Delhi. He is currently working as an Associate Professor at Computer Science & Engineering, JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur. Previously he served as a Cluster Lead at the School of Computer Science & Engineering, IILM University, Gurugram and served as an Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) Assistant Professor-III at Amity University Haryana, Amity School of Engineering and Technology. Dr. Agrawal has over 17 years of teaching and research experience. His primary research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Speech Processing, and Image Processing.

Dr. Aydin Azizi holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a specialisation in Mechatronics, an M.Sc. in Mechatronics, and a BSc in Mechanical Engineering. He is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy, an official instructor for the Siemens Mechatronic Systems Certification Program (SMSCP), and an editor-in-chief of the Emerging Trends in Mechatronics book series published by Springer Nature. He currently serves as a senior lecturer and the Academic Partnership Liaison Manager at Oxford Brookes University. His current research focuses on investigating and developing novel techniques to model, control, and optimise complex systems, with expertise in control and automation, artificial intelligence, and simulation techniques.