FreeCall, a system for emergency-call-handling support

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 242-255

  Post, W M ^a,b   Koster, W ^a   Sramek M ^a   Schreiber, G ^a   Zocca, V ^a   De Vries, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

artificial intelligence; decision support; differential diagnosis; emergency medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029844710     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634663     Document Type: Article

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