Analysis and minimization of overtraining effect in rule-based classifiers for computer-aided diagnosis

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 320-328

  Li, Qiang ^a   Doi, Kunio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

CAD; Computer aided diagnosis; Overtraining; Rule based classifier

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSTICS; EVALUATION METHODS; FALSE POSITIVE RATES; LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; OVERTRAINING; REPRODUCIBILITIES; RULE-BASED CLASSIFIER; THRESHOLD SELECTION;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 31844441848     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1999126     Document Type: Article

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