An online decision support system for diagnosing hematologic malignancies by flow cytometry immunophenotyping

International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-124

  Qian, You Wen ^a   Mital, Dinesh P ^b   Lee, Stephen ^c  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CD markers; client server technology; clinical decision support system; flow cytometry; hematologic disease; immunophenotyping; knowledge base; list mode

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890026829     PISSN: 17550653     EISSN: 17550661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMEI.2008.019474     Document Type: Article

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