Predicting posterior urethral obstruction in boys with lower urinary tract symptoms using deep artificial neural network.

Journal: World journal of urology
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To assess the prediction model for late-presenting posterior urethral valve (PUV) in boys with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) using artificial neural network (ANN).

Authors

  • S Abdovic
    Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Hospital Zagreb, Klaiceva 16, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia. sabdovic@gmail.com.
  • M Cuk
    Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Hospital Zagreb, Klaiceva 16, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • N Cekada
    Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Hospital Zagreb, Klaiceva 16, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • M Milosevic
    Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • A Geljic
    Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Hospital Zagreb, Klaiceva 16, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • S Fusic
    Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Hospital Zagreb, Klaiceva 16, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • M Bastic
    Department of Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Z Bahtijarevic
    Department of Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.