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Prospectus
Int. J. Bio-Medico1 Computing, 19 (1986) 81-82 Elsevier Scientific Publishers Ireland Ltd.
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Those of us who have worked for many years in close association with Dr. Rose naturally regret his decision to retire as co-editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Bio-Medical Computing. At the same time, however, we are comforted to realize the degree of confidence he places on us by relinguishing the editorship of the Journal. We thank Dr. Rose for it. During my association with Dr. Rose, we have not only had a stimulating working relationship, started from the time of my ‘pilgrimage’ to his Blackburn ‘redoubt’ in the early seventies, but also developed an intense friendship which has endured. This friendship encompassed different angles from which both sides benefited. In founding this Journal many years ago, Dr. Rose indeed displayed an enormous foresight. It is no exaggeration to claim that by means of his energetic and devoted activity, this Journal became the most widely known in Europe in the field of computers applied to biomedical sciences. As stated in Dr. Rose’s farewell (Znt. J. Bio-Med. Comput., 18 (1986) 159-160) the topic of the Journal has progressed and changed throughout the years. The attitude towards the computer becoming mankind’s engulfing monster has declined; belief in the imminent irruption of artificial intelligence endowed ‘humanoids’ has dwindled, etc. On the other hand, computer graphics and imaging have made gigantic strides in the last decade. We, editors of the Journal, will endeavor to increase the number and quality of papers on these subjects. Because of its birthplace, this Journal was originally considered European; but gradually it has become world-wide disseminated. The proof lies in the growing proportion of non-European papers published in the last years. This is good, as it makes the Journal verily international, both in readership and in authorship. The realignment of editorial responsibilities among Drs. Hasman, Llaurado and Mitchell will facilitate the speed for handling manuscripts all over the world. Finally, without sacrificing the ‘scientific’ side of the Journal, we want to make the Journal more clinical. There are two particular areas very suitable for this goal: (1) what in continental Europe is called informutics and in English-speaking countries data processing and (2) medical imaging through computers alluded to above. The opportunities for application of informatics/data processing onto patient care are immense, but the resistance (mostly based on preconceived or misguided apprehensions) among the medical circles has been phenomenal, Yet, any person confronted with the barbaric and monstrous appearance of this aggregate of documents known as the patient’s ‘medical record’ or ‘chart’ should welcome the feasibility of applying computer techniques to it. We also want to make the journal more clinical at the moment when the whole
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world seems to become a single community. Ultimately, in the area of moral values, a person with cancer is more important than a dozen mathematical theorems. Prospective authors now know what to expect from the partially renewed editorial leadership of the Journal and we hope that they will trust us by continuing to send their manuscripts to the Journal. To the faithful and consistent readers we wish to assure our dedication with the hope that the readership will augment. J.G. LLAURADO Editor-in-Chief
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PROSPECTUS
Those of us who have worked for many years in close association with Dr. Rose naturally regret his decision to retire as co-editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Bio-Medical Computing. At the same time, however, we are comforted to realize the degree of confidence he places on us by relinguishing the editorship of the Journal. We thank Dr. Rose for it. During my association with Dr. Rose, we have not only had a stimulating working relationship, started from the time of my ‘pilgrimage’ to his Blackburn ‘redoubt’ in the early seventies, but also developed an intense friendship which has endured. This friendship encompassed different angles from which both sides benefited. In founding this Journal many years ago, Dr. Rose indeed displayed an enormous foresight. It is no exaggeration to claim that by means of his energetic and devoted activity, this Journal became the most widely known in Europe in the field of computers applied to biomedical sciences. As stated in Dr. Rose’s farewell (Znt. J. Bio-Med. Comput., 18 (1986) 159-160) the topic of the Journal has progressed and changed throughout the years. The attitude towards the computer becoming mankind’s engulfing monster has declined; belief in the imminent irruption of artificial intelligence endowed ‘humanoids’ has dwindled, etc. On the other hand, computer graphics and imaging have made gigantic strides in the last decade. We, editors of the Journal, will endeavor to increase the number and quality of papers on these subjects. Because of its birthplace, this Journal was originally considered European; but gradually it has become world-wide disseminated. The proof lies in the growing proportion of non-European papers published in the last years. This is good, as it makes the Journal verily international, both in readership and in authorship. The realignment of editorial responsibilities among Drs. Hasman, Llaurado and Mitchell will facilitate the speed for handling manuscripts all over the world. Finally, without sacrificing the ‘scientific’ side of the Journal, we want to make the Journal more clinical. There are two particular areas very suitable for this goal: (1) what in continental Europe is called informutics and in English-speaking countries data processing and (2) medical imaging through computers alluded to above. The opportunities for application of informatics/data processing onto patient care are immense, but the resistance (mostly based on preconceived or misguided apprehensions) among the medical circles has been phenomenal, Yet, any person confronted with the barbaric and monstrous appearance of this aggregate of documents known as the patient’s ‘medical record’ or ‘chart’ should welcome the feasibility of applying computer techniques to it. We also want to make the journal more clinical at the moment when the whole
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world seems to become a single community. Ultimately, in the area of moral values, a person with cancer is more important than a dozen mathematical theorems. Prospective authors now know what to expect from the partially renewed editorial leadership of the Journal and we hope that they will trust us by continuing to send their manuscripts to the Journal. To the faithful and consistent readers we wish to assure our dedication with the hope that the readership will augment. J.G. LLAURADO Editor-in-Chief