Quantitative assessment of new MRI-based measurements to differentiate low and high stages of pelvic organ prolapse using support vector machines.

Journal: International urogynecology journal
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: The objective of this study was to quantitatively assess the ability of new MRI-based measurements to differentiate low and high stages of pelvic organ prolapse. New measurements representing pelvic structural characteristics are proposed and analyzed using support vector machines (SVM).

Authors

  • S Onal
    Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, USA.
  • S Lai-Yuen
  • P Bao
  • A Weitzenfeld
  • D Hogue
  • S Hart