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Multidimensional standard curve for the development process of human fetuses
Author(s) -
Naito K.,
Udagawa J.,
Otani H.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
statistics in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.996
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 1097-0258
pISSN - 0277-6715
DOI - 10.1002/sim.3952
Subject(s) - process (computing) , computer science , fetus , development (topology) , computational biology , mathematics , biology , pregnancy , genetics , mathematical analysis , operating system
Abstract The present paper considers a multidimensional view of the standard for the development process of human fetuses. An efficient method by which to find a multidimensional standard curve for the development process of human fetuses is proposed in which a logistic function with three parameters is utilized as an underlying model and a nonlinear regression method is applied. The proposed method also identifies an approximate prediction region, which can be efficiently applied to diagnose fetal malformation. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.