A computational TW3 classifier for skeletal maturity assessment. A Computing with Words approach

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-107

  Aja Fernández, Santiago ^a   De Luis García, Rodrigo ^a   Martín Fernández, Miguel Ángel ^a   Alberola López, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bone age assessment; Fuzzy decision trees; Fuzzy granules; TW3

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BONE AGE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGING; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIUS;

EID: 2342565042     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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