Prediction of burn healing time using artificial neural networks and reflectance spectrometer

Burns

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 415-420

  Yeong, Eng Kean ^a   Hsiao, Tzu Chien ^b   Huihua, Kenny Chiang ^b   Lin, Chii Wann ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Burn healing time; Reflectance spectrometer

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALING; HUMAN; PREDICTION; REFLECTOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURNS; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 19444374891     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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