Categorical variables, interactions and generalized additive models. Applications in computer-aided diagnosis systems

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 475-483

  Lado, María J ^a   Cadarso Suárez, Carmen ^b   Roca Pardiñas, Javier ^a   Tahoces, Pablo G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Categorical variables; Computer aided diagnosis; Generalized additive models; ROC analysis

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CATEGORICAL VARIABLES; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODELS; ROC ANALYSIS;

MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 40949118900     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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