Title :
An integrated medical workstation with a multimodal user interface, knowledge-based user support, and multimedia documents
Author :
Kuhn, K. ; Doster, W. ; Roesner, D. ; Kottma, P. ; Swobodnik, W. ; Ditschuneit, H.
Author_Institution :
Ulm Univ. Hospital, West Germany
Abstract :
An integrated workstation developed for use in clinical medicine is described. The specific application domain is gastroenterology with endoscopic, ultrasonic, and laboratory units. The following modules for data collection and management during ultrasound examinations have been implemented and tested: a multimodal user interface with speech and symbol recognition to reduce complexity in human-machine interaction, knowledge-based components to support the user and to structure dialogues dynamically, and techniques for handling multimedia documents that consist of images, text, structured text, graphics, and digitized speech. The system was implemented using networked frontend and backend workstations under UNIX
Keywords :
expert systems; medical computing; multimedia systems; natural languages; user interfaces; workstations; ES; UNIX; backend workstations; clinical medicine; data collection; digitized speech; gastroenterology; graphics; human-machine interaction; images; integrated medical workstation; knowledge-based components; knowledge-based user support; multimedia documents; multimodal user interface; networked frontend; speech recognition; structured text; symbol recognition; text; ultrasound examinations; Biomedical imaging; Image recognition; Knowledge management; Laboratories; Speech recognition; Testing; Text recognition; Ultrasonic imaging; User interfaces; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Based Medical Systems, 1990., Proceedings of Third Annual IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Chapel Hill, NC
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-9040-2
DOI :
10.1109/CBMSYS.1990.109435
