Machine learning in medicine: a practical introduction.
Journal:
BMC medical research methodology
Published Date:
Mar 19, 2019
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Following visible successes on a wide range of predictive tasks, machine learning techniques are attracting substantial interest from medical researchers and clinicians. We address the need for capacity development in this area by providing a conceptual introduction to machine learning alongside a practical guide to developing and evaluating predictive algorithms using freely-available open source software and public domain data.