A Bayesian-Network Sensitivity Analysis of the Partin-Table Prostate Cancer Diagnostic Protocol to Single-Bin Promotion of Gleason Score

Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics and Engineering Techniques in Medicine and Biological Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 474-478

  Horner, Jack K ^a  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes; Graph coloring; Partin; Prostate

Indexed keywords

BAYES; GRAPH COLORING; PARTIN; PROSTATES;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONFORMAL MAPPING; GRAPH THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 1642264369     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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