Title :
Medical knowledge acquisition through data mining
Author :
Wang, Hai ; Wang, Shouhong
Author_Institution :
Sobey Sch. of Bus., St. Mary´´s Univ., Halifax, NS
Abstract :
Data mining has been widely considered as an effective tool for knowledge discovery. This paper discusses the important role of medical experts for medical data mining, and presents a model of medical knowledge acquisition through data mining.
Keywords :
data mining; learning (artificial intelligence); medical diagnostic computing; data mining; knowledge discovery; medical data mining; medical expert; medical knowledge acquisition; Association rules; Data mining; Drugs; Educational institutions; Knowledge acquisition; Medical diagnosis; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical treatment; Pharmaceutical technology; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
IT in Medicine and Education, 2008. ITME 2008. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Xiamen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3616-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2511-2
DOI :
10.1109/ITME.2008.4743972
