From vagueness in medical thought to the foundations of fuzzy reasoning in medical diagnosis

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-256

  Seising, Rudolf ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Computer assistance; Fuzzy set theory; History of science and technology; Medical diagnoses; Medical philosophy; System theory; Vagueness

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; MEDICINE; PATIENT TREATMENT; SYSTEM THEORY;

COMPUTER ASSISTANCE; FUZZY SET THEORY; MEDICAL DIAGNOSES; MEDICAL PHILOSOPHY; VAGUENESS;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPERIENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE BASE; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNCERTAINTY;

DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DISEASE; ENGINEERING; FUZZY LOGIC; HEALTH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 33750964223     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artmed.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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