A transputer-based EMG-system with integrated knowledge-base for diagnostic-support

Author

Rom, G. ; Jöchtl, G. ; Pfurtscheller, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Med. Inf., Graz-Univ. of Technol., Austria

fYear

1992

fDate

14-17 Jun 1992

Firstpage

353

Lastpage

359

Abstract

A system is described which should assist the physician during an EMG (electromyographic) examination and in the diagnostic process and should help to reduce the examination time. For the realization of the system, a multiprocessor environment (transputer network) is used to build a fully integrated system on which tasks like data acquisition, signal display in real time, signal processing and analysis with different methods, expert system and general program management can run in parallel and easily communicate with one another. The prototype of the expert system consists of about 200 rules which are responsible for planning the examination process, doing the parameter classification, and giving information about the type of lesion

Keywords

bioelectric potentials; data acquisition; medical diagnostic computing; medical expert systems; medical signal processing; multiprocessing programs; muscle; transputer systems; data acquisition; diagnostic-support; electromyographic examination; examination process; examination time; expert system; integrated knowledge-base; lesion types; multiprocessor environment; parameter classification; planning; program management; real time display; signal analysis; signal display; signal processing; transputer-based EMG-system; Data acquisition; Diagnostic expert systems; Displays; Electromyography; Environmental management; Expert systems; Prototypes; Real time systems; Signal analysis; Signal processing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Based Medical Systems, 1992. Proceedings., Fifth Annual IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Durham, NC

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2742-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CBMS.1992.244929

Filename

244929