Title :
Evaluation of a statistical diagnostic system (GLADYS)
Author :
Knill-Jones, R.P. ; Crean, G.P. ; Spiegelhalter, D.J. ; Lindberg, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun. Med., Glasgow Univ., UK
Abstract :
A long term collaborative programme has led to the development and testing of a computer based decision aid to improve management and diagnosis of a common problem in medical practice, namely nonacute gastro-intestinal symptoms to which the authors apply the broad term dyspepsia. The steps in this work are outlined
Keywords :
expert systems; medical diagnostic computing; GLADYS; computer based decision aid; dyspepsia; interviewing patients; nonacute gastro-intestinal symptoms; statistical diagnostic system;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Based Diagnosis, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
