A Six-Step Framework on Biomedical Signal Analysis for Tackling Noncommunicable Diseases: Current and Future Perspectives

Mohamed Elgendi   ¹ , BSc (Hons), ME, PhD ;   Newton Howard   ² , MSc, MD, HDR, DPhil, PhD ;   Nigel Lovell   ³ , BE (Hons), FTSE, PhD ;   Andrzej Cichocki   ⁴ , BE, MSc(Hons), Dr.Sc, PhD ;   Matt Brearley   ⁵ , BHMS(Hons), BBus, PhD ;   Derek Abbott   ⁶ , BSc (Hons), PhD ;   Ian Adatia   ⁷ , MBChB, FRCP

¹ Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

² Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

³ Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

⁴ Laboratory for Advanced Brain Signal Processing, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako-shi, Japan

⁵ National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre, Darwin, Australia

⁶ School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

⁷ Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada