Application of artificial neural networks for the estimation of tumour characteristics in biological tissues

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-244

  Hosseini, Seyed Mohsen ^a   Amiri, Mahmood ^a   Najarian, Siamak ^a   Dargahi, Javad ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Artificial tactile sensing; Inverse solution

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; STIFFNESS;

ARTIFICIAL TACTILE SENSING; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; FEED FORWARD NEURAL NET WORKS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; INVERSE SOLUTION; STIFFNESS RATIOS; TACTILE SENSING; THREE PARAMETERS; TISSUE STIFFNESS; TUMOUR TISSUE;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SIMULATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 34548676975     PISSN: 14785951     EISSN: 1478596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.138     Document Type: Article

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