DocumentCode
1458811
Title
The psychiatrist in the machine [Update]
Author
Moore, Samuel K.
Volume
48
Issue
3
fYear
2011
fDate
3/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
11
Lastpage
12
Abstract
Summary form only given. Psychiatrists make life-altering decisions on the basis of a subjective assessment of a set of symptoms. But many freely admit they have far too little information to answer some critical questions. The paper mentions that software rivals doctors at distinguishing among different kinds of depression and schizophrenia. Psychiatrists want to diagnose patients based on their physiology rather than subjective symptoms. MRI Images of the brain and the electroencephalographic signals that emanate from it could be key to picking the right treatments for depression and schizophrenia.
Keywords
biomedical MRI; electroencephalography; medical image processing; psychology; MRI images; depression; electroencephalographic signals; physiology; psychiatrist; schizophrenia; Algorithm design and analysis; Computer aided diagnosis; Medical diagnosis; Psychiatry;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2011.5719706
Filename
5719706
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