Brain death prediction based on ensembled artificial neural networks in neurosurgical intensive care unit

Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-107

  Liu, Quan ^a   Cui, Xingran ^a   Abbod, Maysam F ^b   Huang, Sheng Jean ^c   Han, Yin Yi ^c   Shieh, Jiann Shing ^d  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brain death prediction; Ensembled artificial neural networks; ROC curve analysis; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BRAIN DEATH; ENSEMBLE MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL MATERIALS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURIES; INPUT VARIABLES; NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY; PREDICTION MODEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVE ANALYSIS; ROC CURVES; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; TEST DATA;

FORECASTING; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650231996     PISSN: 18761070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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