Artificial neural network analysis (ANNA) of prostatic transrectal ultrasound

Our purpose was to determine the diagnostic potential of a new, computerized method of interpreting transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) information by artificial neural network analysis (ANNA). This method was developed to resolve the current dilemma of visual differentiation between benign and malignant tissue on TRUS. To train and objectively evaluate ANNA, a new precise method of computerized virtual correlation of preoperative ultrasound findings and radical prostatectomy histopathology was devised. After training with this pathologically confirmed digitized TRUS information, ANNA was tested in a blinded study.

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