The detection of nodal metastasis in breast cancer using neural network techniques

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 297-303

  Naguib, R N G ^a   Adams, A E ^a   Horne, C H W ^b   Angus, B ^b   Sherbet, G V ^a   Lennard, T W J ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast metastasis; Lymph nodes; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; TUMORS;

ADJUVANT TREATMENT; AXILLARY LYMPH NODES; BREAST CANCER; BREAST METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEURAL NETWORK TECHNIQUES; NEURAL-NETWORKS; NODAL METASTASIS; SCREENING PROGRAMS;

PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029801649     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/17/4/007     Document Type: Article

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