Role and use of expert systems within the clinical laboratory

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 278, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 193-202

  Valdiguié, Pierre Marie ^a  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Control; Knowledge based systems; Specialized software; Trouble shooting; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPERT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXPERT SYSTEMS; LABORATORIES; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0032449695     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(98)00144-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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