Data mining approach to evaluating the use of skin surface electropotentials for breast cancer detection

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-105

  Vinitha Sree, S ^a,c   Ng, E Y K ^a,b   Rajendra Acharya, U ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biofield diagnostic system; Breast cancer; Classification; Data mining; Electropotentials; Feature selection

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA MINING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SKIN SURFACE;

EID: 76049088805     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303461000900111     Document Type: Article

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