On the application of ensembles of classifiers to the diagnosis of pathologies of the vertebral column: A comparative analysis

IEEE Latin America Transactions

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 487-496

  Da Rocha Neto, Ajalmar Rêgo ^a   Barreto, Guilherme De Alencar ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Ensembles of classifiers; Neural networks; Support vector machine; Vertebral column

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE; CONFUSION MATRICES; ENSEMBLES OF CLASSIFIERS; GENERALIZATION PERFORMANCE; LEARNING STRATEGY; MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS; VERTEBRAL COLUMN;

CLASSIFIERS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 78149363066     PISSN: 15480992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TLA.2009.5349049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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