Allergenius, an expert system for the interpretation of allergen microarray results

World Allergy Organization Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Melioli, Giovanni ^a   Spenser, Clive ^b   Reggiardo, Giorgio ^c   Passalacqua, Giovanni ^a   Compalati, Enrico ^a   Rogkakou, Anthi ^a   Riccio, Anna Maria ^a   Di Leo, Elisabetta ^d   Nettis, Eustachio ^d   Canonica, Giorgio Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b RVPB   (United Kingdom)

^c Unità di Biometria   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 TO 10 DIFFERENT ImmunoCAP ISAC; Allergen microarray; Artificial intelligence; Computer supported diagnosis; Cross reactive component; Expert system; Genuine component; ISAC interpretation

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGENIUS; ALLERGY RAPID TEST; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER MODEL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EXPERT SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGIST; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; PRICK TEST; SKIN PRICK TEST; SKIN TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84910666431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19394551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1939-4551-7-15     Document Type: Article

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