Use of a neural network to predict stone growth after shock wave lithotripsy

Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 335-338

  Michaels, Eli K ^a   Niederberger, Craig S ^a   Golden, Richard M ^a   Brown, Bruce ^a   Cho, Luke ^a   Hong, Young ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; URETER STONE;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 0032006216     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00611-0     Document Type: Article

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