A clinical decision support system with an integrated EMR for diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Kunhimangalam, Reeda ^a   Ovallath, Sujith ^b   Joseph, Paul K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

^b Kannur Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Axonal neuropathy; Demyelinating neuropathy; Fuzzy logic controller; Nerve conduction studies; Peripheral nerve disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EXPERT SYSTEM; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SIMULATION; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84897121160     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-014-0038-9     Document Type: Article

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