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A Stacked Generalization of 3D Orthogonal Deep Learning Convolutional Neural Networks for Improved Detection of White Matter Hyperintensities in 3D FLAIR Images

L. Umapathy, G.G. Perez-Carrillo, M.B. Keerthivasan, J.A. Rosado-Toro, M.I. Altbach, B. Winegar, C. Weinkauf, A. Bilgin and for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2021, 42 (4) 639-647; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6970
L. Umapathy
aFrom the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering (L.U., A.B.)
bMedical Imaging (L.U., G.G.P.-C., M.B.K., J.A.R.-T., M.I.A., B.W., A.B.)
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G.G. Perez-Carrillo
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M.B. Keerthivasan
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A. Bilgin
aFrom the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering (L.U., A.B.)
bMedical Imaging (L.U., G.G.P.-C., M.B.K., J.A.R.-T., M.I.A., B.W., A.B.)
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L. Umapathy, G.G. Perez-Carrillo, M.B. Keerthivasan, J.A. Rosado-Toro, M.I. Altbach, B. Winegar, C. Weinkauf, A. Bilgin, for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
A Stacked Generalization of 3D Orthogonal Deep Learning Convolutional Neural Networks for Improved Detection of White Matter Hyperintensities in 3D FLAIR Images
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