ComputingComputer ScienceArtificial IntelligenceDiagnostic ReasoningMachine LearningClinical Knowledge RepresentationComputer-aided DiagnosisDiagnosisDiagnostic Decision SupportExpert SystemsProblem RepresentationArtificial Intelligence-assisted DiagnosisDecision Support In DiagnosisDiagnostic AlgorithmsDiagnostic Expert SystemsDiagnostic Knowledge RepresentationKnowledge Representation In MedicineKnowledge-based DiagnosisMedical Expert Systems
The development of computers has provided a potential tool to assist in the management of the information explosion in medicine. The field of medical diagnosis is intellectually challenging and has attracted the attention of computer scientists interested in building expert systems using artificial intelligence techniques. This paper reviews some of the problems of medical diagnosis and discusses examples of programs representing different approaches to solving these problems. The programs developed in our laboratory, INTERNIST-1/CADUCEUS, are discussed in some detail.