Predicting ovarian malignancy: Application of artificial neural networks to transvaginal and color Doppler flow US

Radiology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 399-403

  Biagiotti, Roberto ^a,b   Desii, Cristina ^a   Vanzi, Ermanno ^a   Gacci, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computers, diagnostic aid; Computers, neural network; Ovary, neoplasms; Ovary, US; Ultrasound (US), Doppler studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; B SCAN; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER NETWORK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032926288     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.210.2.r99fe18399     Document Type: Article

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