Mocci F
Cattedra di Medicina del Lavoro, Università di Sassari.
G Ital Med Lav Ergon. 1998 Jul-Sep;20(3):123-7.
The medical literature offers today many contributions in which neural networks have been used. The introduction of these tools as diagnostic aid appears very interesting also into various sectors of research in the occupational field. The author proceeds to a schematic description of the functioning of a neural network, describing an applied example. It is therefore estimated the feasible advantages which result from the use in the research of neural networks. Finally a possible fields of use of the neural networks in occupational medicine is highlighted, from the detection of lung nodules in digital chest radiographs to the detection of peripheral vascular disease from upper limb pulse waveforms, from the low back disorders due to workplace design to the diagnosis of occupational asthma.
当今医学文献中有许多关于使用神经网络的贡献。将这些工具作为诊断辅助手段引入职业领域的各个研究部门似乎也非常有趣。作者对神经网络的功能进行了简要描述，并给出了一个应用实例。因此，评估了在研究中使用神经网络所带来的可行优势。最后，强调了神经网络在职业医学中可能的应用领域，从数字胸部X光片中肺结节的检测到上肢脉搏波形检测外周血管疾病，从工作场所设计导致的下背部疾病到职业性哮喘的诊断。
