Evaluation of an expert system on lymph node pathology

Human Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1097-1110

  Nathwani, Bharat N ^a   Clarke, Kenneth ^b   Lincoln, Thomas ^b   Berard, Costan ^b   Taylor, Clive ^b   Patil, Ramesh ^b   Pike, Malcolm C ^b   Azen, Stanley P ^b  

^a HMR 209   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computer based diagnosis in pathology; Consensus diagnosis; Decision support systems; Diagnosis of lymphomas; Diagnostic systems; Evaluation of expert system; Expert Systems; Lymph node pathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPERT SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; LYMPH NODE; PATHOLOGY;

EID: 0030931556     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(97)90065-4     Document Type: Article

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