Title :
An expert system for medical diagnosis
Author :
Congiliaro, N. ; Di Stefano, A. ; Mirabella, O.
Author_Institution :
Facolta di Ingegneria, Catania Univ., Italy
Abstract :
An expert system implemented for studying chronic venous insufficiency is described. This disease is actually classified into three possible stadia, but studies performed on several patients showed that a further stadium exists. The system has been used for statistical evaluations of patient symptoms to detect those characterizing this stadium. An architecture for the expert system is proposed, with emphasis on the implementation of the knowledge base
Keywords :
expert systems; medical diagnostic computing; architecture; chronic venous insufficiency; expert system; knowledge base; medical diagnosis; patient symptoms; stadia; statistical evaluations; Artificial intelligence; Computer languages; Diagnostic expert systems; Diseases; Logic programming; Medical diagnosis; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical expert systems; Pathology; Telecommunications;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering of Computer-Based Medical Systems, 1988., Proceedings of the Symposium on the
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-4863-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECBS.1988.5450
