A model to discriminate malignant from benign thyroid nodules using artificial neural network.

A model to discriminate malignant from benign thyroid nodules using artificial neural network.

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to construct a model for using in differentiating benign and malignant nodules with the artificial neural network and to increase the objective diagnostic accuracy of US. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 618 consecutive patients (528 women, 161 men) with 689 thyroid nodules (425 ma...

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Main Authors: Lu-Cheng Zhu, Yun-Liang Ye, Wen-Hua Luo, Meng Su, Hang-Ping Wei, Xue-Bang Zhang, Juan Wei, Chang-Lin Zou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3864947?pdf=render

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