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Neural networks are widely used in potential medical applications, going as far as their introduction into commercial products. However, these pilot studies often ignore important aspects for clinical decision support. The context for the development of new medical technology is introduced, outstanding issues of principle for clinical support are identified, and their technical implications for neural network methodology are discussed.
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Lisboa, P.J.G., Vellido, A., Wong, H. (2000). Outstanding Issues for Clinical Decision Support with Neural Networks. In: Malmgren, H., Borga, M., Niklasson, L. (eds) Artificial Neural Networks in Medicine and Biology. Perspectives in Neural Computing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0513-8_8
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