Fuzzy logic: A "simple" solution for complexities in neurosciences

Surgical Neurology International

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Godil, Saniya ^a   Shamim, Muhammad ^b   Enam, Syed ^b   Qidwai, Uvais ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; neurology; neurosciences; neurosurgery; psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FUZZY LOGIC; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 79953011440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21527806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.77177     Document Type: Article

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