Artificial intelligence techniques for monitoring dangerous infections

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 143-155

  Lamma, Evelina ^a   Mello, Paola ^b   Nanetti, Anna ^b   Riguzzi, Fabrizio ^a   Storari, Sergio ^a   Valastro, Gianfranco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Dianoema SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classification; Data mining; Decision support systems; Knowledge based systems; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; DATA MINING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; ITALY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 30744454243     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2005.855537     Document Type: Article

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