Download or read book Big Data Analytics in Healthcare to Assist Medical Diagnosis written by Christian Marheine and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic Paper from the year 2018 in the subject Computer Sciences - Industry 4.0, grade: A: 90/100 ODER 1,0, Lund University (Informatik), course: Business Intelligence, language: English, abstract: This seminar paper discusses how big data analytics might support healthcare organizations (e.g., hospitals) in medical diagnosis. The paper proceeds as follows: First, an overview of big data analytics in healthcare is provided with a focus on medical image analytics. Second, two large-scale image analysis cases are presented to materialize the theory upon which an integrated framework is proposed that illustrates how big data analytics might assist medical diagnosis. Third, the contemporary challenges of IT adoption in healthcare are discussed, and lastly, a brief conclusion is drawn.