Application of fuzzy reasoning in an expert system for ultrasonography

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-131

  Tanaka, Takemasa ^a   Miwa, K ^a   Kanda, S ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis, computer assisted; Diagnostic imaging; Expert systems; Ultrasonic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERT SYSTEM; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENITIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031083603     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600225     Document Type: Article

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