Author: MICN Lab
Advance Notice: MICN Web Symposium 2021 will take place January 21st 2021
The inaugural MICN Symposium – this year as a web symposium! – will take place on January 21st 2021, overContinue Reading
Zurich Microanastomosis Course – Jan. 9 & 10 2021
Join the Zurich Microanastomosis Course and improve your microsurgical skill on perfused placenta models! Information:University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland – 9-10 JanuaryContinue Reading
Complexity and interpretability in clinical prediction modeling
When carrying out model selection on multiple equally well-performing models, then based on the first principle of “Occam’s razor” theContinue Reading
PD Dr. Serra’s illustration of the “Chopsticks” technique for endoscopic pituitary surgery makes it to the cover of “Neurosurgical Focus”
Pituitary tumors, also called adenomas of the pituitary gland, are benign brain tumors that can often be cured by carefulContinue Reading
Dr. van Niftrik wins the KNZ Clinical Research Prize 2020
Dr. Bas van Niftrik from the MICN Lab has come 1st place in the 2020 clinical research prize of theContinue Reading
Calibration Assessment in Clinical Prediction Modeling – Crucial, but Often Disregarded
When evaluating machine learning models for diagnosis or prediction of binary outcomes, two dimensions of performance need to be considered:Continue Reading
Overfitting and Resampling Techniques in Machine Learning
When a model – instead of learning generalizable features – approximates the patients in the training set too closely, itContinue Reading
Class Imbalance and Why It is Important
Class imbalance is present when one class, the minority class, is much rarer than the majority class. ML models extractContinue Reading
Zurich White Matter Microdissection Course
The Zurich team will organize the 13th hands-on white matter fiber microdissection course, with international faculty attending! The impact ofContinue Reading
