DocumentCode
1222319
Title
A Method for Clinical Data Reduction Based on "Weighted Entropy"
Author
Okada, Masahiko
Author_Institution
Department of Neurophysiology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University
Issue
5
fYear
1978
Firstpage
462
Lastpage
467
Abstract
In a given medical diagnostic system, each clinical data item is not stochastically independent of each other. As information for diagnosis, each item has its relative significance.
Keywords
Data processing; Decision making; Diseases; Entropy; History; Information theory; Laboratories; Medical diagnosis; Medical diagnostic imaging; Testing; Automatic Data Processing; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9294
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TBME.1978.326352
Filename
4122877
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