The application of an artificial neural network to Doppler ultrasound waveforms for the classification of arterial disease

International Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-91

  Smith, Julia H ^a   Graham, Jim ^b   Taylor, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial disease classification; Artificial neural networks; Doppler ultrasound; Multi layer perceptron

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR DISEASE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0030001584     PISSN: 01679945     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02915843     Document Type: Article

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