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              Abstract 
             
           
          
            
In recent years, the use of computer aided diagnosis (CAD) has achieved acceptance
 in mammography and other areas. To facilitate automated detection of brain
 abnormalities, we propose a novel method for quickly training neural networks to
 classify brain images. Our method outperforms traditional neural network training
 methods by achieving a better balance between classification accuracy and training
 time.
 
 
           
        
        
          
            
              Keywords 
              
                computer-aided diagnosis, scatter search, artificial neural
                networks, health care, diagnosis
              
             
           
        
        
          
            
              Mathematical Subject Classification 2000 
              
                Primary: 90C59, 92B20
              
              
                Secondary: 90C90, 92C50
              
             
           
        
        
          
            
              Milestones 
              
                Received: 16 February 2010
              
              
                Revised: 4 October 2010
              
              
                Accepted: 11 November 2011
              
              
                Published: 13 March 2012
              
                Communicated by Kenneth S. Berenhaut