A neural network expert system for diagnosing and treating hypertension

Author

Poli, Riccardo ; Cagnoni, Stefano ; Livi, Riccardo ; Coppini, Giuseppe ; Valli, Guido

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Florence Univ., Italy

Volume

24

Issue

3

fYear

1991

fDate

3/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

64

Lastpage

71

Abstract

Hypernet (Hypertension Neural Expert Therapist), a neural network expert system for diagnosing and treating hypertension, is described. After a brief look at artificial neural networks, the authors describe the structure of the three modules that make up Hypernet, starting with the specific problem each network is intended to solve and explaining how the network is expected to operate. The tools developed for implementing the system are a compiler for a simple descriptive language that enables the authors to define, train, and test networks; a graphic editor that translates the network drawn by the user into the proper statements; and a set of programs for interactively generating the examples. The data used as examples, the learning phase, and the results of tests for evaluating the performance of each network are described. and conclusions about overall system results are presented.<>

Keywords

expert systems; medical diagnostic computing; neural nets; Hypernet; Hypertension Neural Expert Therapist; artificial neural networks; compiler; define; descriptive language; graphic editor; hypertension; interactive programs; network translation; neural network expert system; performance evaluation; test; tools; train; Artificial neural networks; Biomedical monitoring; Blood pressure; Chronobiology; Diagnostic expert systems; Drugs; Hypertension; Medical expert systems; Medical treatment; Neural networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.73514

Filename

73514