Comparison of different neural network algorithms in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

International Journal of Bio-Medical Computing

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-233

  Pesonen, E ^a   Eskelinen, M ^a   Juhola, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Diagnosis; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029887766     PISSN: 00207101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7101(95)01147-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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