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Acute appendicitis diagnosis using artificial neural networks.

Sung Yun Park, Sung Min Kim

    Technology and Health Care : Official Journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
    |September 28, 2015
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    Artificial neural networks (ANNs) significantly improve appendicitis diagnosis accuracy compared to traditional methods. This study demonstrates ANNs offer a superior diagnostic tool for appendicitis, enhancing patient outcomes.

    Keywords:
    Alvarado clinical scoring systemacute appendicitisartificial neural networkclinical scoring system

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    Area of Science:

    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
    • Diagnostic Systems

    Background:

    • Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are advanced pattern analysis tools increasingly utilized in biomedical applications.
    • Accurate and timely diagnosis of appendicitis is crucial for effective patient management and preventing complications.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and evaluate an artificial neural network (ANN)-based system for diagnosing appendicitis and acute appendicitis.
    • To compare the diagnostic performance of different ANN models against the established Alvarado clinical scoring system.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized data from 801 patients to construct and train ANN models, including Radial Basis Function (RBF), Multilayer Neural Network (MLNN), and Probabilistic Neural Network (PNN) structures.
    • Compared the diagnostic accuracy and ROC curve performance of the developed ANN models against the Alvarado clinical scoring system.

    Main Results:

    • The RBF, PNN, and MLNN models achieved high diagnostic accuracies of 99.80%, 99.41%, and 97.84%, respectively.
    • ANN models demonstrated superior performance with Area Under the ROC Curve (AUC) values of 0.998 (RBF), 0.993 (PNN), and 0.985 (MLNN), significantly outperforming the Alvarado system's AUC of 0.633.
    • The proposed ANN models showed statistically significant improvements over the Alvarado system (p < 0.001).

    Conclusions:

    • The developed artificial neural network models demonstrate excellent performance for appendicitis diagnosis.
    • ANN-based systems offer a significant advancement over the Alvarado clinical scoring system for diagnosing appendicitis.
    • Further collaboration can enhance the accuracy of diagnosing this critical health condition through advanced AI methods.