Comparing risks of alternative medical diagnosis using Bayesian arguments

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 485-495

  Fenton, Norman ^a,b   Neil, Martin ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Bayes Theorem; Bayesian networks; Catheter angiagram; Event trees; MRA scan; Palsey

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM; BAYES THEOREM; BAYESIAN; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; EVENT TREES; FALSE POSITIVE; MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NON-INVASIVE; NON-TRIVIAL; PATIENT CARE; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; RESEARCH PROBLEMS; TRUE POSITIVE; VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS;

CATHETERS; DIAGNOSIS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; INFERENCE ENGINES; INTELLIGENT NETWORKS; RISK PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL TESTS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL PATHWAY; DIABETIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; ISCHEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORBIDITY; NEGLIGENCE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ETHICS; MALPRACTICE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALPRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77954144418     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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