A novel data mining algorithm and knowledge-based diagnostic rules for medical thermograph

Biomedical Engineering - Applications, Basis and Communications

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Lee, Ming Yih ^a   Yang, Chi Shih ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Data mining; Decision tree induction; Geometric standardization; Knowledge based diagnostic; Thermograph

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURES; BREAST CANCERS; BROKEN DOWNS; CANCER PATIENTS; CLINICAL APPLICATIONS; CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS; DATA MINING ALGORITHMS; DECISION SPACES; DECISION TREE INDUCTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTORS ANALYSIS; FIELD MORPHING; GEOMETRIC STANDARDIZATION; IMAGING ANALYSIS; INFRARED THERMOGRAPHS; KNOWLEDGE-BASED DIAGNOSTIC; LINEAR AFFINE TRANSFORMATIONS; OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS; REGION STATISTICS; SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS; TERMINAL NODES; TEST RESULTS; THERMAL IMAGES; THERMOGRAPH; TRANSFORMATION METHODS; WHOLE BODIES;

ALGORITHMS; DATA MINING; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MINING; PIXELS; STANDARDIZATION; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER PATIENT; DATA MINING; DECISION TREE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICS; VALIDITY;

EID: 65349108272     PISSN: 10162372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4015/S1016237209001039     Document Type: Article

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