Support Vector Machines to improve physiologic hot flash measures: Application to the ambulatory setting

Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1015-1021

  Thurston, Rebecca C ^a,b   Hernandez, Javier ^c   Del Rio, Jose M ^c   De La Torre, Fernando ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot flashes; Physiologic measurement; Vasomotor symptoms. Support vector machines

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957820096     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01155.x     Document Type: Article

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