RULE-BASED ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE EXPERT-SYSTEM FOR DETERMINATION OFUPPER EXTREMITY IMPAIRMENT RATING

Authors
LIM I WALKUP RK VANNIER MW
Citation
I. Lim et al., RULE-BASED ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE EXPERT-SYSTEM FOR DETERMINATION OFUPPER EXTREMITY IMPAIRMENT RATING, Computer methods and programs in biomedicine, 39(3-4), 1993, pp. 203-211
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematical Methods, Biology & Medicine","Engineering, Biomedical","Computer Applications & Cybernetics
Journal title
Computer methods and programs in biomedicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
01692607
Volume
39
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
203 - 211
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-2607(1993)39:3-4<203:RAEFDO>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Quantitative evaluation of upper extremity impairment, a percentage ra ting most often determined using a rule based procedure, has been impl emented on a personal computer using an artificial intelligence, rule- based expert system (AI system). In this study, the rules given in Cha pter 3 of the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (Th ird Edition) were used to develop such an AI system for the Apple Maci ntosh. The program applies the rules from the Guides in a consistent a nd systematic fashion. It is faster and less error-prone than the manu al method, and the results have a higher degree of precision, since in termediate values are not truncated.