Neural network analysis of dynamic sequences of EUS elastography used for the differential diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer.

[1]  R. Hawes,et al.  Contrast-Enhanced Endoscopic Ultrasonography with Galactose Microparticles: SHU508 A (Levovist) , 1997, Endoscopy.

[2]  Simon Haykin,et al.  Neural Networks: A Comprehensive Foundation , 1998 .

[3]  N. Soehendra,et al.  Endoscopic ultrasound for differential diagnosis of focal pancreatic lesions, confirmed by surgery. , 2000, Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology.

[4]  J. Dayhoff,et al.  Artificial neural networks , 2001, Cancer.

[5]  M. Wallace,et al.  Endoscopic Ultrasound in the Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis , 2001, Pancreas.

[6]  E. Hahn,et al.  Echo-enhanced color- and power-Doppler EUS for the discrimination between focal pancreatitis and pancreatic carcinoma. , 2001, Gastrointestinal endoscopy.

[7]  Kenneth J. Chang.  Maximizing the yield of EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration. , 2002, Gastrointestinal endoscopy.

[8]  Christoph Bobrowski,et al.  Comparison of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration for focal pancreatic lesions in patients with normal parenchyma and chronic pancreatitis. , 2002 .

[9]  L. Ylagan,et al.  Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine‐needle aspiration cytology of pancreatic carcinoma , 2002, Cancer.

[10]  Jeffrey E. Lee,et al.  Diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration in patients with presumed pancreatic cancer , 2003, Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery.

[11]  H. Frey.  [Realtime elastography. A new ultrasound procedure for the reconstruction of tissue elasticity]. , 2003, Der Radiologe.

[12]  Darshana Jhala,et al.  Endoscopic ultrasound–guided fine needle aspiration biopsy of patients with suspected pancreatic cancer: diagnostic accuracy and acute and 30-day complications , 2003, American Journal of Gastroenterology.

[13]  V. Chen,et al.  Yield of endoscopic ultrasound–guided fine‐needle aspiration biopsy in patients with suspected pancreatic carcinoma , 2003, Cancer.

[14]  Arlene M Correa,et al.  Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration and Multidetector Spiral CT in the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer , 2004, American Journal of Gastroenterology.

[15]  C. Lightdale,et al.  EUS-guided trucut needle biopsies in patients with solid pancreatic masses: a prospective study. , 2004, Gastrointestinal endoscopy.

[16]  F. Itokawa,et al.  Puncture of solid pancreatic tumors guided by endoscopic ultrasonography: a pilot study series comparing Trucut and 19-gauge and 22-gauge aspiration needles. , 2005, Endoscopy.

[17]  Paolo Massimo Buscema,et al.  An optimized experimental protocol based on neuro-evolutionary algorithms: Application to the classification of dyspeptic patients and to the prediction of the effectiveness of their treatment , 2005, Artif. Intell. Medicine.

[18]  Kenneth J. Chang,et al.  Negative Predictive Value of Endoscopic Ultrasound in a Large Series of Patients with a Clinical Suspicion of Pancreatic Cancer , 2005, The American Journal of Gastroenterology.

[19]  S. Varadarajulu,et al.  Yield of EUS-guided FNA of pancreatic masses in the presence or the absence of chronic pancreatitis. , 2005, Gastrointestinal endoscopy.

[20]  A. Ignee,et al.  Contrast-Enhanced Endoscopic Ultrasound with Low Mechanical Index: A New Technique , 2005, Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie.

[21]  T. Matsumura,et al.  Breast disease: clinical application of US elastography for diagnosis. , 2006, Radiology.

[22]  G. Monges,et al.  Endoscopic Ultrasound Elastography: the First Step towards Virtual Biopsy? Preliminary Results in 49 Patients , 2006, Endoscopy.

[23]  Hazem Hassan,et al.  Analysis of Endoscopic Ultrasound Elastography used for Characterization of Benign and Malignant Lymph Nodes , 2006 .

[24]  P. Vilmann,et al.  Analysis of endoscopic ultrasound elastography used for characterisation and differentiation of benign and malignant lymph nodes. , 2006, Ultraschall in der Medizin.

[25]  Adrian Săftoiu,et al.  Endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine needle aspiration biopsy: Equipment and technique , 2006, Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology.

[26]  C. Dietrich,et al.  Contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasound in discrimination between focal pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. , 2006, World journal of gastroenterology.

[27]  A. Saftoiu,et al.  Power Doppler Endoscopic Ultrasonography for the Differential Diagnosis Between Pancreatic Cancer and Pseudotumoral Chronic Pancreatitis , 2006, Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.

[28]  A. Fritscher-Ravens.  Blue Clouds and Green Clouds: Virtual Biopsy via EUS Elastography? , 2006, Endoscopy.

[29]  B. Jacobson.  Pressed for an answer: has elastography finally come to EUS? , 2007, Gastrointestinal endoscopy.

[30]  J. Janssen,et al.  EUS elastography of the pancreas: feasibility and pattern description of the normal pancreas, chronic pancreatitis, and focal pancreatic lesions. , 2007, Gastrointestinal endoscopy.

[31]  Paolo Massimo Buscema,et al.  The Implicit Function as Squashing Time Model: A Novel Parallel Nonlinear EEG Analysis Technique Distinguishing Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease Subjects with High Degree of Accuracy , 2007, Comput. Intell. Neurosci..

[32]  P. Vilmann,et al.  Dynamic analysis of EUS used for the differentiation of benign and malignant lymph nodes. , 2007, Gastrointestinal endoscopy.

[33]  F. Gress,et al.  EUS elastography: a step ahead? , 2007, Gastrointestinal endoscopy.