• DocumentCode
    950780
  • Title

    Diagnostic Decisions by Machine

  • Author

    Brodman, Keeve

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Medicine, The New York Hospital¿Cornell Medical Center, New York, N.Y.
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1960
  • fDate
    7/1/1960 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    216
  • Lastpage
    219
  • Abstract
    A data-processing machine, programmed to simulate what is postulated to be the operation of a physician´s mind when he makes a diagnostic decision, interprets patients´ medical histories with such discrimination that it identifies the patient´s disease as often as does a physician who interprets the same data. Although the diagnostic decisions made by the machine could not be distinguished from those made by the physician, it cannot be said that the machine is an analog of the human mind, which remains a black box of unknown operation.
  • Keywords
    Area measurement; Calibration; Electric variables measurement; Hospitals; Impedance; Instruments; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical simulation; Plasmas; Red blood cells;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Medical Electronics, IRE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0097-1049
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRET-ME.1960.5008051
  • Filename
    5008051
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=950780