Artificial Neural Networks in Medicine and Biology: Proceedings of the ANNIMAB-1 Conference, Göteborg, Sweden, 13–16 May 2000

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Protein β-Sheet Partner Prediction by Neural Networks....Pages 3-9
ART Neural Networks for Medical Data Analysis and Fast Distributed Learning....Pages 10-17
Modelling Uncertainty in Biomedical Applications of Neural Networks....Pages 18-25
Neural Computation in Medicine: Perspectives and Prospects....Pages 26-36
Discriminating Gourmets, Lovers, and Enophiles? Neural Nets Tell All About Locusts, Toads, and Roaches....Pages 37-44
An Unsupervised Learning Method that Produces Organized Representations from Real Information....Pages 45-53
On Forgetful Attractor Network Memories....Pages 54-62
Outstanding Issues for Clinical Decision Support with Neural Networks....Pages 63-71
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Cancerous Liver Tissue Differentiation Using LVQ....Pages 75-80
Quantification of Diabetic Retinopathy using Neural Networks and Sensitivity Analysis....Pages 81-86
Internet Based Artificial Neural Networks for the Interpretation of Medical Images....Pages 87-92
Segmentation of Magnetic Resonance Images According to Contrast Agent Uptake Kinetics Using a Competitive Neural Network....Pages 93-98
Applications of Optimizing Neural Networks in Medical Image Registration....Pages 99-104
A Learning by Sample Approach for the Detection of Features in Medical Images.....Pages 105-110
Neural Network Based Classification of Cell Images via Estimation of Fractal Dimensions....Pages 111-116
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
Mutual Control Neural Networks for Sleep Arousal Detection....Pages 119-124
Extraction of Sleep-Spindles from the Electroencephalogram (EEG)....Pages 125-130
Analyzing Brain Tumor related EEG Signals with ICA Algorithms....Pages 131-136
Isolating Seizure Activity in the EEG with Independent Component Analysis....Pages 137-142
Seizure Detection with the Self-Organising Feature Map....Pages 143-148
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
Graphical Analysis of Respiration in Postoperative Patients Using Self Organising Maps....Pages 149-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Neural Network Predictions of Outcome from Posteroventral Pallidotomy....Pages 157-161
Survival Analysis: A Neural-Bayesian Approach....Pages 162-167
Identifying Discriminant Features in the Histopathology Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Using a Novel Variant of the Growing Cell Structure Network Technique....Pages 168-173
Classifying Pigmented Skin Lesions with Machine Learning Methods....Pages 174-179
An Assessment System of Dementia of Alzheimer Type Using Artificial Neural Networks....Pages 180-185
A New Artificial Neural Network Method for the Interpretation of ECGs....Pages 186-191
Use of a Kohonen Neural Network to Characterize Respiratory Patients for Medical Intervention....Pages 192-196
Determination of Microalbuminuria and Increased Urine Albumin Excretion by Immunoturbidimetric Assay and Neural Networks....Pages 197-202
Artificial Neural Networks to Predict Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting....Pages 203-208
Acute Myocardial Infarction: Analysis of the ECG Using Artificial Neural Networks....Pages 209-214
Bayesian Neural Networks used to Find Adverse Drug Combinations and Drug Related Syndromes....Pages 215-220
Monitoring of Physiological Parameters of Patients and Therapists During Psychotherapy Sessions Using Self-Organizing Maps....Pages 221-226
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
Neuronal Network Modelling of the Somatosensory Pathway and its Application to General Anaesthesia....Pages 229-234
A Hybrid Classification Tree and Artificial Neural Network Model for Predicting the In vitro Response of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV1) to Anti-Viral Drug Therapy....Pages 235-240
Neural Unit Sensitive to Modulation....Pages 241-246
On Methods for Combination of Results from Gene-Finding Programs for Improved Prediction Accuracy....Pages 247-252
A Simulation Model for Activated Sludge Process Using Fuzzy Neural Network....Pages 253-258
A General Method for Combining Predictors Tested on Protein Secondary Structure Prediction....Pages 259-264
A Three-Neuron Model of Information Processing During Bayesian Foraging....Pages 265-270
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
Sensorimotor Sequential Learning by a Neural Network Based on Redefined Hebbian Learning....Pages 271-276
On Synaptic Plasticity: Modelling Molecular Kinases involved in Transmitter Release....Pages 277-282
Self-Organizing Networks for Mapping and Clustering Biological Macromolecules Images....Pages 283-288
Neural Network Model for Muscle Force Control Based on the Size Principle and Recurrent Inhibition of Renshaw Cells....Pages 289-294
Prediction of Photosensitizers Activity in Photodynamic Therapy Using Artificial Neural Networks: A 3D—QSAR Study....Pages 295-300
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Case-Based Explanation for Artificial Neural Nets....Pages 303-308
Double Growing Neural Gas for Disease Diagnosis....Pages 309-314
The Use of a Knowledge Discovery Method for the Development of a Multi-layer Perceptron Network that Classifies Low Back Pain Patients....Pages 315-320
Kernel PCA Feature Extraction of Event-Related Potentials for Human Signal Detection Performance....Pages 321-326
Particle Swarm Optimisation in Feedforward Neural Network....Pages 327-332
Back Matter....Pages 333-334