Medical diagnosis as a linguistic game.

Journal: BMC medical informatics and decision making
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: We present a formalized medical knowledge system using a linguistic approach combined with a semantic net.

Authors

  • Peter Fritz
    Department of Clinical Pathology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany.
  • Andreas Kleinhans
    Department of General Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Auerbachstrasse 110, D-70376, Stuttgart, Germany.
  • Florian Kuisle
    Department of General Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Auerbachstrasse 110, D-70376, Stuttgart, Germany.
  • Patricius Albu
    Department of General Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Auerbachstrasse 110, D-70376, Stuttgart, Germany.
  • Christine Fritz-Kuisle
    Klinikum Günzburg, Abteilung für Anästhesie, Günzburg, Germany.
  • Mark Dominik Alscher
    Executive Chief Physician of Robert Bosch Hospital and Director of Robert Bosch Society for Medical Research, Stuttgart, Germany.