Similar Cases Retrieval from the Database of Laboratory Test Results

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-282

  Yang, Zhenjun ^a,c   Matsumura, Yasushi ^a   Kuwata, Shigeki ^a   Kusuoka, Hideo ^b   Takeda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laboratory test data; Similar cases identifying; Thyroid diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; THYROID DISEASE; BLOOD; EVALUATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; JAPAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; JAPAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; REFERENCE STANDARDS; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 0037823369     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022527528856     Document Type: Article

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