Application of artificial neural network algorithm to detection of parathyroid adenoma

Nuclear Medicine Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-117

  Stefaniak, Boguslaw ^a   Cholewiński, Witold ^a   Tarkowska, Anna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Parametric image; Parathyroid adenoma

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROID SCINTISCANNING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI;

EID: 0842344530     PISSN: 15069680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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