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Artificial Neural Networks in Medical Monitoring: A Primer for Physicians

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Computing and Monitoring in Anesthesia and Intensive Care

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Humans excel at certain tasks. However, we perform some tasks poorly. For example we are: Excellent pattern recognizers (you can always recognize an old friend’s face). Fast estimators (“Duck! The ball is coming right at you!”). Poor calculators (Multiply 37 × 16).

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Goldman, J.M., Dietrich, B.H., Math, B. (1992). Artificial Neural Networks in Medical Monitoring: A Primer for Physicians. In: Ikeda, K., Doi, M., Kazama, T., Sato, K., Oyama, T. (eds) Computing and Monitoring in Anesthesia and Intensive Care. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68201-1_7

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