Design of a fuzzy-based decision support system for coronary heart disease diagnosis

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 3293-3306

  Lahsasna, Adel ^a   Ainon, Raja Noor ^a   Zainuddin, Roziati ^a   Bulgiba, Awang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Data mining; Fuzzy rule based system; Medical diagnosis; Transparency

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SYSTEM; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PROCESS DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGE; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; CORONARY DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84867321522     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-012-9821-7     Document Type: Article

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