PMID- 10761776
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20000425
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1089-7771 (Print)
IS  - 1089-7771 (Linking)
VI  - 4
IP  - 1
DP  - 2000 Mar
TI  - Laryngeal pathology detection by means of class-specific neural maps.
PG  - 68-73
AB  - Most of the existing systems and methods for laryngeal pathology detection are 
      characterized by a classification error. One of the basic problems is the 
      approximation and estimation of the probability density functions of the given 
      classes. In order to increase the accuracy of laryngeal pathology detection and 
      to eliminate the most dangerous error--classification of a patient with laryngeal 
      disease as a normal speaker--here an approach based on modeling of the 
      probability density functions (pdf's) of the input vectors of the normal and 
      pathological speakers by means of two prototype distribution maps (PDM), 
      respectively, is proposed. The pdf of the input vectors of an unknown normal or 
      pathological speaker is also modeled by such a prototype distribution neural 
      map--PDM(X)--and the pathology detection is done by means of a ratio of specific 
      similarities rather than by a direct comparison of some type of 
      distance/similarity with a threshold. The experiments show an increased 
      classification accuracy and that the proposed method can be used for screening 
      the laryngeal diseases. The method is applied in a consulting system for clinical 
      practice.
FAU - Hadjitodorov, S
AU  - Hadjitodorov S
AD  - Central Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 
      Sofia.
FAU - Boyanov, B
AU  - Boyanov B
FAU - Teston, B
AU  - Teston B
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - IEEE Trans Inf Technol Biomed
JT  - IEEE transactions on information technology in biomedicine : a publication of the 
      IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
JID - 9712259
SB  - IM
MH  - Algorithms
MH  - Decision Support Techniques
MH  - *Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted
MH  - Humans
MH  - Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
MH  - Laryngeal Diseases/classification/*diagnosis
MH  - *Neural Networks, Computer
MH  - Phonation/physiology
MH  - Probability
MH  - Sensitivity and Specificity
MH  - Speech/physiology
MH  - Voice/physiology
MH  - Voice Disorders/classification
EDAT- 2000/04/13 09:00
MHDA- 2000/04/29 09:00
CRDT- 2000/04/13 09:00
PHST- 2000/04/13 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2000/04/29 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2000/04/13 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1109/4233.826861 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - IEEE Trans Inf Technol Biomed. 2000 Mar;4(1):68-73. doi: 10.1109/4233.826861.