A multiple classifier system for early melanoma diagnosis

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-44

  Sboner, Andrea ^a   Eccher, Claudio ^a   Blanzieri, Enrico ^b   Bauer, Paolo ^c   Cristofolini, Mario ^d   Zumiani, Giuseppe ^c   Forti, Stefano ^a  

^a ITC IRST   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Sezione Trentina   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classifier combinations; Cost sensitive learning; Decision support system; Early melanoma diagnosis; Machine learning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DERMATOLOGY; SKIN;

DIGITAL IMAGES;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

AUTOMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION THEORY; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGING; K NEAREST NEIGHBOR; LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE CLASSIFIER SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DATA BASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DECISION TREE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; DATABASES; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DECISION TREES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MELANOMA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0037211848     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0933-3657(02)00087-8     Document Type: Article

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