Automated interpretation of ventilation-perfusion lung scintigrams for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism using artificial neural networks

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 400-406

  Holst, Holger ^a,c   Åström, Karl ^b   Järund, Andreas ^a   Palmer, John ^a   Heyden, Anders ^b   Kahl, Fredrik ^b   Tägil, Kristina ^a   Evander, Eva ^a   Sparr, Gunnar ^b   Edenbrandt, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Artificial neural networks; Image processing; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK;

EID: 0033999991     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050522     Document Type: Article

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