Computers in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Introduction. List of Contributors. SECTION I. Technical Aspects. Chapter 1. Hardware: history and general aspects (B. Richards). Chapter 2. Software applications (F.R. Jelovsek). Chapter 3. Computer communications (A.V. Stokes). SECTION II. Computers and Medical Equipment. Chapter 4. Imaging and graphics: displaying anatomical, physiological and numerical information in obstetrics and gynecology (D.R. Mattison). Chapter 5. Computer-assisted fetal monitoring (M.Y. Divon and D.R. Boucher). Chapter 6. Computerised microscopy in gynaecology; expert systems (O.A.N. Husain). Chapter 7. Fetal actocardiogram (K. Maeda et al). Chapter 8. Obstetrical monitoring by long-distance telemetry (K.J. Dalton). Chapter 9. Computers in ultrasonic imaging (G. Kossoff). SECTION III. Computers for Clinical Data Collection. Chapter 10. Clinical data collection: general principles (T. Chard). Chapter 11. Obstetric data collection (H.M.L. Jenkins). Chapter 12. The use of computers to obtain patient histories in gynecology (R.J. Lilford). Chapter 13. Microcomputers in infertility and endocrinology (W. Thompson and R.B. Beattie). Chapter 14. Nationwide analysis of malformation in perinatal deaths (K. Yamamoto et al). SECTION IV. Computers for Diagnosis (Expert Systems) & Treatment. Chapter 15. Expert systems in obstetrics and gynecology (A. Schreiner and T. Chard). Chapter 16. Computing and clinical genetics (R.M. Winter). Chapter 17. Decision analysis in obstetrics and gynecology (R.J. Lilford and J.G. Thornton). SECTION V. Computers in Administration. Chapter 18. Office financial and administrative applications (F.R. Jelovsek). Chapter 19. The Korner minimum data set (S.L. Barron). Chapter 20. Cancer registry and recall systems (J.T. Casagrande et al). SECTION VI. Medico-Legal Aspects of Computing. Chapter 21. Liability exposure for the use of computers in obstetrics and gynecology (V.M. Brannigan and E.C. Mola). SECTION VII. Computers in Education. Chapter 22. On-line databases (K.J. Dalton). Chapter 23. Educational computing and medicine (D. Ingram). Chapter 24. Interactive computing in medical education (M.J. Ackerman). SECTION VIII. Futures of Computers in Reproductive Medicine. Chapter 25. Future directions (F.R. Jelovsek et al).