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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2020

Machine-Learning Classifiers in Discrimination of Lesions Located in the Anterior Skull Base.

Yang Zhang, Lan Shang, Chaoyue Chen, Xuelei Ma, Xuejin Ou, Jian Wang, Fan Xia, Jianguo Xu

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Yang ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Lan ShangDepartment of Radiology, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China.
Chaoyue ChenDepartment of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Xuelei MaDepartment of Biotherapy, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Xuejin OuWest China School of Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Jian WangSchool of Computer Science, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China.
Fan XiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Jianguo XuDepartment of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
West China Hospital of Sichuan University · CNSichuan University · CNNanjing University of Science and Technology · CNSichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital · CNState Key Laboratory of Biotherapy

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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anterior skull basecraniopharyngiomamachine learningmeningiomapituitary adenomaradiomicsRathke cleft cyst

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PMID32547944
PMCPMC7270197
OpenAlexW3032194126

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