Title :
Causal expert systems supporting medical decision making and medical education: explanations based on simulated situations
Author :
Molino, G. ; Console, L. ; Torasso, P.
Author_Institution :
Turin Univ., Italy
Abstract :
The experience gained in developing CHECK, a diagnostic expert system combining heuristic and causal knowledge, is discussed. This experience has made it possible to use pathophysiological information in assessing the compatibility and consistency of diagnostic conclusions. In addition it has provided the opportunity of using the causal network to inquire directly about the domain, entering the system at different levels (findings, states and hypotheses) independently from patient data
Keywords :
education; expert systems; medical diagnostic computing; CHECK; causal expert system; causal knowledge; conclusions compatibility; conclusions consistency; diagnostic expert system; findings; heuristic knowledge; hypotheses; medical decision making; medical education; pathophysiological information; patient data; simulated situations; states; Decision making; Diagnostic expert systems; Diseases; Evolution (biology); Joining processes; Medical diagnosis; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical expert systems; Medical simulation; Navigation;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96488
