DIAVAL, a Bayesian expert system for echocardiography

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-73

  Diez F J ^a   Mira, J ^a   Iturralde, E ^b   Zubillaga, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Al in Medicine; Bayesian networks; Echocardiography; Knowledge based systems; Uncertainty management

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

BAYESIAN EXPERT SYSTEM; HEART DISEASES;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0343488681     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0933-3657(97)00384-9     Document Type: Article

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