Sniffing out the truth: Clinical diagnosis using the electronic nose

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-112

  Pavlou, A K ^a   Turner, A P F ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gas sensors; Genetic algorithms; Infectious diseases; Multivariate analysis; Neural networks; Olfactory diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXPERT SYSTEM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; METABOLIC DISORDER; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0034099060     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2000.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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