Intelligent interactive multimedia systems for e healthcare applications This new volume explores how the merging of interactive multimedia with artificial intelligence has created new and advanced tools in healthcare. It looks at how the latest technologies (artificial intelligence deep learning machine learning big data IoT smart device etc.) help to manage health data diagnose health issues monitor treatment predict pandemic diseases and more. The book covers several important applications of multimedia in healthcare including for data visualization purposes for computer vision for elder healthcare monitoring for detection of lung nodules for health monitoring and management systems using machine learning techniques and for fusion applications in medical image processing. The book goes into detail on the various methods and techniques for supporting multimedia systems for e healthcare. The chapter authors discuss using data mining and machine learning techniques in the context of COVID 19 diagnosis and prediction in detecting knee osteoarthritis using texture descriptor algorithms in applying algorithms in fetal ECG enhancement using blockchain for wearable internet of things in healthcare and more. A chapter also reviews how doctors can make good use of genomics and genetic data through advanced technology. The book concludes with discussions of open issues challenges and future research directions for using intelligent interactive multimedia in healthcare. Key features Provides an in depth understanding of emerging technologies and integration of artificial intelligence deep learning big data IoT in healthcare Details specific applications for the use of AI big data and IoT in healthcare Discusses how AI technology can help in formulating protective measures for COVID 19 and other diseases Includes case studies Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems for e Healthcare Applications will be valuable to undergraduate and graduate students planning their careers in either industry or research and to software engineers for using multimedia with artificial intelligence deep learning big data and IoT for healthcare applications