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ERIC Number: EJ416741
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2577
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Effects of Pattern Matching, Pattern Discrimination, and Experience in the Development of Diagnostic Expertise.
Papa, Frank; And Others
Academic Medicine, v65 n9 suppl pS21-22 Sep 1990
In this study an artificial intelligence assessment tool used disease-by-feature frequency estimates to create disease prototypes for nine common causes of acute chest pain. The tool then used each subject's prototypes and a pattern-recognition-based decision-making mechanism to diagnose 18 myocardial infarction cases. (MLW)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Clinical Diagnosis, Construct Validity, Decision Making, Heart Disorders, Higher Education, Information Processing, Medical Education, Medical Schools, Models, Pattern Recognition, Testing
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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