Fuzzy cognitive map software tool for treatment management of uncomplicated urinary tract infection

dc.contributor.author	Παπαγεωργίου, Ελπινίκη Ι.	el
dc.date.accessioned	2015-05-23T10:29:03Z
dc.date.available	2015-05-23T10:29:03Z
dc.date.issued	2015-05-23
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/10955
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169260711002434	en
dc.subject	Urinary tract infection
dc.subject	Antibiotic selection
dc.subject	Ουρολοίμωξη
dc.subject	Επιλογή αντιβιοτικού
dc.title	Fuzzy cognitive map software tool for treatment management of uncomplicated urinary tract infection	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.classification	Technology
heal.classification	Biomedical engineering
heal.classification	Τεχνολογία
heal.classification	Βιοϊατρική τεχνολογία
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heal.classificationURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014237
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heal.identifier.secondary	doi:10.1016/j.cmpb.2011.09.006
heal.language	en
heal.access	campus
heal.recordProvider	Τ.Ε.Ι. Αθήνας. Σχολή Τεχνολογικών Εφαρμογών. Τμήμα Μηχανικών Βιοϊατρικής Τεχνολογίας Τ.Ε.	el
heal.publicationDate	2012
heal.bibliographicCitation	Papageorgiou, E., (March 2012). Fuzzy cognitive map software tool for treatment management of uncomplicated urinary tract infection. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 105(3). pp. 233-245. Elsevier B.V: 2012. Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169260711002434 [Accessed 14/10/2011]	en
heal.abstract	Uncomplicated urinary tract infection (uUTI) is a bacterial infection that affects individuals with normal urinary tracts from both structural and functional perspective. The appropriate antibiotics and treatment suggestions to individuals suffer of uUTI is an important and complex task that demands a special attention. How to decrease the unsafely use of antibiotics and their consumption is an important issue in medical treatment. Aiming to model medical decision making for uUTI treatment, an innovative and flexible approach called fuzzy cognitive maps (FCMs) is proposed to handle with uncertainty and missing information. The FCM is a promising technique for modeling knowledge and/or medical guidelines/treatment suggestions and reasoning with it. A software tool, namely FCM-uUTI DSS, is investigated in this work to produce a decision support module for uUTI treatment management. The software tool was tested (evaluated) in a number of 38 patient cases, showing its functionality and demonstrating that the use of the FCMs as dynamic models is reliable and good. The results have shown that the suggested FCM-uUTI tool gives a front-end decision on antibiotics’ suggestion for uUTI treatment and are considered as helpful references for physicians and patients. Due to its easy graphical representation and simulation process the proposed FCM formalization could be used to make the medical knowledge widely available through computer consultation systems.	en
heal.publisher	Elsevier B.V.	en
heal.journalName	Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
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