Knowledge-based system ADNEXPERT to assist the sonographic diagnosis of adnexal tumors

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-206

  Bruning J ^a   Becker, R ^b   Entezami, M ^b   Loy, V ^c   Vonk, R ^a   Weitzel, H ^b   Tolxdorff, Th ^a,b  

^a Department of Medical Informatics ^*  (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c VIVANTES KLINIKUM AM URBAN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adnexal Tumors; Certainty Factors; Computer assisted Diagnosis; Expert systems; Knowledge based Systems; Ultrasound Images

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE TUBE TUMOR;

EID: 0030799448     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1636830     Document Type: Article

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