Outcome after severe head injury: An analysis of prediction based upon comparison of neural network versus logistic regression analysis

Neurological Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 274-280

  Lang, Erhard W ^a,c   Pitts, Lawrence H ^a   Damron, Susan L ^a   Rutledge, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Neural network; Outcome prediction; Prognosis; Severe head injury

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PUPIL REFLEX; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030914688     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1997.11740813     Document Type: Article

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