Although many different types of technologies for information systems have evolved over the last decades (such as databases, video systems, the Internet and mobile telecommunication), the integration of these technologies is just in its infancy and has the potential to introduce "intelligent" systems. This paper describes the novelties of a video content analysis in a surveillance system, demonstrating the benefits for fast retrieval in huge video databases.
Social media in medicine and medical societies is growing and changing daily. More health care professionals are communicating with peers, researchers, patients, and patient advocates via social media sources such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn in addition to direct web-based resources (such as www.vascularmed.org). The SVM website offers the opportunity for case presentations, interviews with society members on key topics, and always free member access to the journal Vascular Medicine. The role of social media is ever-changing, but at a minimum it offers a way to immediately reach a colleague in Europe or the Philippines regarding a clinical topic, recent paper, or interest-and offers a great tool for a society such as SVM to promote our Annual Scientific Sessions or bring attention to underserved clinical problems. A hashtag (#) is used to further the social reach and/or highlight a key point, and makes a topic easily searched on social media like Twitter. For example, #SVM2016 and #PADaware are two current hashtags: #SVM2016 promoted the 27th Scientific Sessions and linked posts throughout the sessions; #PADaware highlights posts related to the critical need for PAD awareness. SVM recently formed a Social Media Subcommittee to identify and optimize our society's social reach to current and potential members as well as dialogue with like-minded societies.
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