A software engine to justify the conclusions of an expert system for detecting renal obstruction on 99mTc-MAG3 scans

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 463-470

  Garcia, Ernest V ^a,b   Taylor, Andrew ^a   Manatunga, Daya ^a   Folks, Russell ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diuresis renography; Expert systems; Justification engines

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; MERTIATIDE TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EXPERT SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; SOFTWARE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MERTIATIDE;

EID: 34247277723     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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