Use of a machine learning algorithm to classify expertise: Analysis of hand motion patterns during a simulated surgical task

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1163-1167

  Watson, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HAND; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VEIN;

ALGORITHMS; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HAND; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VEINS;

EID: 84905502204     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000316     Document Type: Article

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