Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 305-318 , November 2006

Comparison between neural networks and multiple logistic regression to predict acute coronary syndrome in the emergency room

  • Michael Green

      Affiliations

    • Department of Theoretical Physics, Lund University, Sölvegatan 14A, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 222 34 94; fax: +46 222 96 86.
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  • Jonas Björk

      Affiliations

    • Competence Centre for Clinical Research, Lund University Hospital, SE-22185 Lund, Sweden
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  • Jakob Forberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Lund University Hospital, SE-22185 Lund, Sweden
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  • Ulf Ekelund

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Lund University Hospital, SE-22185 Lund, Sweden
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  • Lars Edenbrandt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Physiology, Malmö University Hospital, SE-20502 Malmö, Sweden
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  • Mattias Ohlsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Theoretical Physics, Lund University, Sölvegatan 14A, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden

Received 21 November 2005 ,Revised 5 July 2006 ,Accepted 12 July 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.artmed.2006.07.006

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 305-318 , November 2006

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