Application of Neural Networks to the Prediction of Lymph Node Metastasis in Oral Cancer

Oral Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-142

  Kawazu, Toshiyuki ^a,c   Araki, Kazuyuki ^b   Yoshiura, Kazunori ^a   Nakayama, Eiji ^a   Kanda, Shigenobu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Lymph node metastasis; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0942276081     PISSN: 09116028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02493239     Document Type: Article

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