Case diagnosis as positive identification in prostatic neoplasia

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 424-436

  Montironi, Rodolfo ^a   Mazzucchelli, Roberta ^a   Santinelli, Alfredo ^a   Hamilton, Peter W ^b   Thompson, Deborah ^c   Bartels, Peter H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Bayesian Belief Network; Diagnostic distance; Positive identification; Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE TUMOR;

BAYES THEOREM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL NUCLEUS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031758848     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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