Artificial intelligence for surgical site infection surveillance: Opportunities and challenges in the operating room

Fatemeh Kheradkish; Sara  Kooti

doi:10.66224/jcbior.7.2.367

Authors

Fatemeh Kheradkish Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Anzali, Iran
Sara Kooti Air Pollution and Respiratory Diseases Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8153-4239

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.66224/jcbior.7.2.367

Keywords:

Automated surveillance, Machine learning, Healthcare, Electronic health records

Abstract

No abstract.

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