Artificial neural network versus subjective scoring in predicting mortality in trauma patients

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 124, Issue , 2006, Pages 1019-1024

  Pearl, Adrian ^a,b   Caspi, Reuben ^b   Bar Or, David ^a  

^a SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial Neural Networks; Mortality Prediction

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOFTWARE TESTING;

CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; MOTOR COMPONENTS; MULTI-LAYER PERCEPTRONS; NEURAL NETWORK SOFTWARE; OUTCOME PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE POWER; TRAUMA PATIENTS;

FORECASTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORADO; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 39049190156     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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