New Book on Medical Reasoning (Lots of ANN papers)

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NEW BOOK ON MEDICAL DECISION MAKING
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Advances in Fuzzy Systems - Applications and Theory - Vol. 3

COMPARATIVE APPROACHES TO MEDICAL REASONING
edited by M E Cohen (California State Univ., Fresno & Univ. California, San
Francisco) & D L Hudson (Univ. California, San Francisco)

This book focuses on approaches to computer-assisted medical
decision-making. A unique feature of the book is that a specific problem in
medical decision-making has been selected from the literature, with each
contributed chapter presenting a different approach to the solution of the
same problem. Theoretical foundations for each approach are provided,
followed by practical application. Techniques include knowledge-based
reasoning, neural network models, hybrid systems, reasoning with
uncertainty, and fuzzy logic, among others. The goal is to supply the
reader with a variety of theoretical techniques whose practical
implementation can be clearly understood through the example. Using a
single, concrete example to illustrate different theoretical approaches
allows various techniques to be easily contrasted and permits the reader to
determine which aspects are pertinent to specific types of applications.
Although the methods are illustrated in a medical problem, they have wide
applicability in numerous areas of decision-making.

Contents: Knowledge-Based Systems: CLINAID: Medical Knowledge-Based System
Based on Fuzzy Relational Structures (L J Kohout et al.); Diagnostic
Aspects of Diastolic Dysfunction: Representation in D-Log Language (A
Muscari); Neural Network Models: Improved Noninvasive Diagnosis of Coronary
Artery Disease Using Neural Networks (M Akay et al.); Fuzzy Neural
Network-Based Adaptive Reasoning with Experiential Knowledge (H Ding & M M
Gupta); Estimation of Long-Term Mortality of Myocardial Infarction Using a
Neural Network Based on the Alopex Algorithm (W J Kostis et al.); Neural
Network-Based Approach to Outcome Prognosis for Patients with Diastolic
Dysfunction (R M E Sabbatini et al.); Statistical Approaches:
Implementation of Statistical Pattern Recognition for Congestive Heart
Failure (E A Patrick); The Application of Bayesian Inference with Fuzzy
Evidences in Medical Reasoning (C R=F6mer & A Kandel); Modeling Techniques:
24 Hour Analysis of Heart Rate Fluctuations Before and After Carotid
Surgery Using Wavelet Transform (M Akay et al.); Reasoning for Introducing
a New Parameter for Assessment of Myocardial Status - The Specific
Potential of Myocardium (L Bach=E1rov=E1); Hybrid Systems: Correct Diagnosis
of Chest Pain by an Integrated Expert System (D Assanelli et al.);
Phonocardiogram Analysis of Congenital and Acquired Heart Diseases Using
Artificial Neural Networks (D Barschdorff et al.); Hybrid System for
Diagnosis and Treatment of Heart Disease (D L Hudson et al.).

Readership: Computer scientists and medical information scientists.

330pp
Pub. date: Summer 1995
ISBN no.: 981-02-2162-2
US$86

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