Interpretation of captopril renography using artificial neural networks

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 293-296

  Nielsen, Magnus ^a   Granerus, Göran ^b   Ohlsson, Mattias ^a,c   Holst, Holger ^a   Thorsson, Ola ^a   Edenbrandt, Lars ^a,c,d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Captopril renography; Computer assisted diagnosis; Hypertension; Radioisotope renography; Radionuclide imaging; Renal artery obstruction; Renovascular

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; MERTIATIDE TC 99M;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY ANGIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RENOGRAPHY; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 24044446845     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2005.00625.x     Document Type: Article

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