An ontolological treatment of clinical prediction rules implementing the Alvarado Score

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 186, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-107

  Corrigan, Derek ^a   Taweel, Adel ^b   Fahey, Tom ^a   Arvanitis, Theodors ^c   Delaney, Brendan ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support; Clinical prediction rules; Ontology

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; FORECASTING; ONTOLOGY;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; COMPUTABLE MODELS; DECISION SUPPORTS; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; ONTOLOGICAL MODELS; PREDICTION RULES;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84886791913     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-240-0-103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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