Reasoning requirements for diagnosis of heart disease

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-24

  Long, William J ^a   Fraser, Hamish ^b   Naimi, Shapur ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian probability networks; Causality; Constraint reasoning; Diagnosis; Heart disease; Physiologic causality; Temporal reasoning

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; EXPERT SYSTEMS; PHYSIOLOGY; USER INTERFACES;

BAYESIAN PROBABILITY NETWORKS; CONSTRAINT REASONING; HEART DISEASE; TEMPORAL REASONING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEART DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031149979     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0933-3657(97)00381-3     Document Type: Article

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