Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 40, Issue 1 , Pages 45-55 , May 2007

Predicting carcinoid heart disease with the noisy-threshold classifier

  • Marcel A.J. van Gerven

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Computing and Information Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 24 365 34 56; fax: +31 24 365 33 56.
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  • Rasa Jurgelenaite

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Computing and Information Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Babs G. Taal

      Affiliations

    • Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Tom Heskes

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Computing and Information Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Peter J.F. Lucas

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Computing and Information Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Received 23 June 2006 ,Revised 20 September 2006 ,Accepted 26 September 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.artmed.2006.09.003

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 40, Issue 1 , Pages 45-55 , May 2007

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