Spatiotemporal hotspots analysis for exploring the evolution of diseases: an application to oto-laryngopharyngeal diseases

Authors:
Ferdinando Di Martino;Roberta Mele;Umberto E. S. Barillari;Maria Rosaria Barillari;Irina Perfilieva;Sabrina Senatore
Affiliations:
Universitá degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento di Architettura, Napoli, Italy;Universitá degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento di Architettura, Napoli, Italy;Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Napoli, Italy;Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Napoli, Italy;Institute for Research and Applications of Fuzzy Modelling, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic;Universitá degli Studi di Salerno, Dipartimento di Informatica, Fisciano, Salerno, Italy
Venue:
Advances in Fuzzy Systems - Special issue on Fuzzy Methods and Approximate Reasoning in Geographical Information Systems
Year:
2013

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Abstract

This paper presents a spatiotemporal analysis of hotspot areas based on the Extended Fuzzy C-Means method implemented in a geographic information system. This method has been adapted for detecting spatial areas with high concentrations of events and tested to study their temporal evolution. The data consist of georeferenced patterns corresponding to the residence of patients in the district of Naples (Italy) to whom a surgical intervention to the oto-laryngopharyngeal apparatus was carried out between the years 2008 and 2012.