A support vector machine for decision support in melanoma recognition

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 830-835

  Gilmore, Stephen ^a   Hofmann Wellenhof, Rainer ^b   Soyer, H Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Computerised diagnosis; Machine learning; Melanoma; Support vector machine

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; MELANOMA; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77955736694     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2010.01112.x     Document Type: Article

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