A proposed hierarchical fuzzy inference system for the diagnosis of arthritic diseases

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 144-150

  Lim, C K ^a   Yew, K M ^a   Ng, K H ^a   Abdullah, B J J ^a  

^a New Era College   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Expert system; Fuzzy relational; Fuzzy sets; Hierarchical fuzzy inference; Medical inference

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICINE;

FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEMS;

DIAGNOSIS;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXPERT SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFERENCE SYSTEM; MODEL; PROCESS DESIGN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0036709152     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03178776     Document Type: Article

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