Prediction of outcome in acute lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage: Role of artificial neural network

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1064-1069

  Das, Ananya ^a   Wong, Richard C K ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding; Acute lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Artificial intelligence; Artificial neural network; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUTE DISEASE; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 36248986257     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3282f198f7     Document Type: Review

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