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. 2020 Sep 9;14:1179546820927404. doi: 10.1177/1179546820927404

Table 1.

Artificial intelligence: terms and definitions.

Artificial intelligence Terms and definitions
Machine learning Defined as an interdisciplinary field that uses statistical techniques to give computer systems the ability to “learn” from a given data set, without being explicitly programmed in a certain manner
Deep learning A type of machine learning that uses algorithms in multilayered neural networks for processing large amount of raw data
Supervised learning A type of machine learning that learns patterns from known data sets with known responses
Unsupervised learning A type of machine learning that learns patterns from unlabeled data sets
Artificial neural networks (ANNs) A framework for many different machine learning algorithms to work together and process complex data inputs
Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) Consists of layers of hidden nodes for processing information and is a type of ANN which “learns” by different mechanisms and help in image processing and complex data processing

Abbreviations: ANN, artificial neural network; CNN, convolutional neural network.