DIAGNOSTIC DECISION-SUPPORT FOR PROSTATE LESIONS

The diagnostic evaluation of premalignant and malignant lesions of the prostate may benefit from the application of an inference network. Us ed as a diagnostic decision support system, an inference network provi des standardized assessment of diagnostic clues which is supported by computer graphics and comparison imagery, uncertainty management by po ssibility and probabilistic schemes and the systematic combination of different pieces of diagnostic evidence. This assessment results in a numeric measure of belief in the final diagnosis.