Medical Expert Systems Developed in j.MD, a Java Based Expert System Shell Application in Clinical Laboratories

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 107, Issue , 2004, Pages 89-93

  Van Hoof, Viviane ^a   Wormek, Arno ^b   Schleutermann, Sylvia ^b   Schumacher, Theo ^c   Lothaire, Olivier ^c   Trendelenburg, Christian ^d  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Wormek Information Science and Technology in Medicine   (Germany)

^c Sysmex Belgium SA   (Belgium)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

decision support systems; expert systems; isoenzyme patterns; Java; knowledge management

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BUDGET CONTROL; EXPERT SYSTEMS; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LABORATORIES; PROLOG (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

AUTOMATION PROCESS; BUDGET RESTRICTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; EXPERT SYSTEM SHELLS; ISOENZYME PATTERN; JAVA; MEDICAL EXPERT SYSTEM; STRINGENTS; TIME RESTRICTION; TURN-AROUND TIME;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 76249085463     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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