“…Neural networks are an important class of pattern classifiers, with growing acceptance in medical and biological research. In recent years, neural networks have been successfully applied in various medical and biological fields, such as diagnosis [1][2][3], outcome prediction [4,5], predicting length of ICU stay [6], medical imaging and signal processing [7][8][9][10], and biochemical analysis [11][12][13], to name just a few.…”