%0 Journal Article %A Marina Gorunescu and Florin Gorunescu and Kenneth Revett %D 2008 %J International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 17, 2008 %T A Neural Computing-Based Approach for the Early Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/4523 %V 17 %X Hepatocellular carcinoma, also called hepatoma, most commonly appears in a patient with chronic viral hepatitis. In patients with a higher suspicion of HCC, such as small or subtle rising of serum enzymes levels, the best method of diagnosis involves a CT scan of the abdomen, but only at high cost. The aim of this study was to increase the ability of the physician to early detect HCC, using a probabilistic neural network-based approach, in order to save time and hospital resources. %P 158 - 161