Severity classification for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by using fuzzy logic

Clinics

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1015-1019

  Lopes, Agnaldo José ^a   Capone, Domenico ^a   Mogami, Roberto ^a   Lanzillotti, Regina Serrão ^a   de Melo, Pedro Lopes ^a   Jansen, José Manoel ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Respiratory function tests; Respiratory mechanics; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FUZZY LOGIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; LUNG; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79961133946     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322011000600016     Document Type: Article

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