Neuron/Med Alert (tm)
                    Vol 01 Issue 01 - March 1993

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            CURRENT CONTENTS ON NEURAL NETWORK APPLICATIONS IN
                         MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
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                   Head, Neural Networks Application Group
                   Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics
                   State University of Campinas, Brazil
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7th World Congress Medical Informatics (MEDINFO 92)
International Medical Informatics Association - Geneva, Sept 1992
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[Proceedings: K.C. Lun; Degoulet, P.; Piemme, T.E.; Rienhoff, O. (Eds.).
Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1992]

- Chen, Y.; Chen, L.; Chen, L.; Chi, M.; Cai, X - The use of neural network
  in decision making for nursing diagnosis

- Garliauskas, A.; Gaurliaskiene, A. - Diagnosis of ketonemia in
  children by neural network techniques.

- Hudson, D.L.; Cohen, M.E.; Lammers, R.K. - Use of a hybrid expert
  system to predict wound infections.

- Pazos, A.; Maojo, V.; Martin, F.; Ezquerra, N. - A neural network approach
  to assess myocardial infarction.

- Ramos, M.P.; Hoashi, M.T.; Czogala, E.; Marson, O.; Ajzen, H.; Kohlmann Jr.,
  O.; Ancao, M.S.; Sigulem, D. - HYPERnet - a decision support system for
  arterial hypertension.

- Reddy, D.C.; Korrai, D.R. - Neural networks for classification of EEG
  signals.

- Sabbatini, R.M.E. - Applications of connectionist systems in Biomedicine.

- Schoner, W.; Berger, M.; Holzmueller, G.; Neiss, A.; Ulmer, H. - Diagnosing
  functional disorders of the cervical spine using backpropagation networks
  - preliminary results.

- Ulmer, H.; Holzmueller, G.; Berger, M; Schoner, W. - The use of discriminant
  analysis and backpropagation networks to diagnose functional disorders of
  the cervical spine after whiplash-injury.

- Yamashita, T.S.; Hosseini-Nezhad, S.M.; Krug, S.E. - A functional-link
  net approach to pediatric interhospital transport mode determination.


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16th Annual Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care,
Baltimore, Nov. 1992.
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- Spackman, K.A. - Combining logistic regression and neural networks to
  create predictive models.

- Stevens, R. - Can artificial neural networks provide an "expert's"
  view of medical students performance on computer-based simulations ?

- Tu, J.V.; Guerriere, M.R.J. - Use of a neural network as a predictive
  instrument of lenght of stay in the intensive care unit following
  cardiac surgery.


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Conf. Neural Information Processing Systems, Natural and Synthetic
November 30-December 3, 1992, Denver, Colorado
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- Baxt, W. - The application of the artificial neural network to
  clinical decision making.

- Tresp, V.;  Moody, J.; Delong, W.-R. - Prediction and control of the
  glucose metabolism of a diabetic.

- Tsoi, A.C.; So, D.S.C.; Sergejew, A. - Classification of electroencephalo-
  gram using artificial neural networks.

- Rosenberg, C.; Erel, J.; Atlan, H. - A neural network that learns to
  interpret myocardial planar thallium scintigrams.


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VI Mediterrean Conf. Med. Biol. Engineer. International Federation
for Medical and Biological Engineering, Capri, Italia, 1992
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- Ruggiero, C.; Sacile, R. - Blood pressure/flow relationship in the
  patent ductus arteriosus using a neural network.

- Morasso, P.; Paoli, G.; Sanguineti, V.; Schenone, A. - Preliminary
  experiments in the application of neural networks for the
  radiotherapic treatment of tumours.

- Cliquet Jr., A.; Mendeleck, A.; Quesnel, D.R.F.; Sovi, F.X.; Felipe
  Jr., P.; Oberg, T.D., Lemos, G.J.P.; Guimaraes, E.A.; Quevedo, A.A.F.
  - Restoration of upper limb function to tetraplegics using neural
  networks and a voice processing system.

- Rizos, G.; Anogianakis, G.; Apostolakis, M.; Nowack-Apostolakis, E.
- Artificial neural networks (ANNs) that learn to recognize characteristic
  electrocardiographic (ECGs) patterns.

- Rizos, G.; Anogianakis, G.; Apostolakis, M.; Kazis, A.; Lang, A.;
  Mademtzidis, M.; Preining, S. - Application of artificial neural networks
  to EEG analysis.

- Macerata, A.; Morabito, M.; Taddei, A.; Marchesi, C. - ANN approach for
  QRS morphological classification.

- Cagnoni, S.; Caramella, D.; Coppini, G.; De Dominicis, R.; Valli, G. - 3D
  recovery of brain structures in MR image sequences using neural networks.

- Filligoi, G.C.; Capitanio, L.; Accornero, N.; Capozza, M. - Computer-aided
  diagnosis: multivariate statistical tools and neural nets in campimetry.

- Manhaeghe, C.; Lemahieu, I.; Vogelaers, D. - Left ventricle boundary detection
  with Kohonen maps.


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VII Symposium on Medical Imaging, Newport Beach, CA, USA, Feb 1993
Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
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- Stafford, R.G.; Beutel, J.; Woodroffe, J.R.; Michewich, D.J. -
  Application of neural networks to computer-aided pathology detection
  in mammography.

- Lo, S.-C.; Lin, J.-S.J.; Freedman, M.T.; Mun, S.K. - Two-
  dimensional convolution neural networks for nodule detection in chest
  radiograph.

- Wang, R.; Madison, R.; Sklansky, J.; Bahn, R. - Neural network for
  reconstructing the cross sections of coronary arteries from biplane
  angiograms.

- Troitsky, I.N. - Artificial neural networks in the problems of
  medical diagnostics based on the raw data and the restoration image.
  Proceed.

- Seshadri, M.D.; Miller, D. - Medical imaging system of recognition
  of brain scans.

- Manduca, A.; Christy, P.S.; Ehman, R.L. - Neural network diagnosis
  of avascular necrosis from magnetic-resonance images.

- Chan, K.K.; Hayrapetian, A.S.; Lau, C.C.; Lufkin, R.B. - Neural
  network-based segmentation system.

- Lin, J.; Lure, Y.F.; Ligomenides, P.A.; Freedman, M.T. - Shape
  classification using artificial neural networks for improvements of
  hybrid lung nodule-detection system.

- Schneider, A.C.; Brown, D.G.; Anderson, M.P. - Neural network
  ultrasound image analysis.

- Morasso, P.; Sanguinetti, V. - Neural models for sensorimotor control.


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