Deep neural network for estimating low density lipoprotein cholesterol.

Journal: Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry
Published Date: Nov 15, 2018

Abstract

BACKGROUND: LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) has been mainly estimated using the Friedewald equation, and other equations have recently been developed to complement the Friedewald equation. The present study aims to employ a deep neural network (DNN) to improve LDL-C estimation.

Authors

  • Taesic Lee
    Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South Korea.
  • Juwon Kim
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, South Korea.
  • Young Uh
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, South Korea.
  • Hyunju Lee
    College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea.

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