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Extending the MEDAS Feature Dictionary to Support Access to Radiological Images
11/05/1989
Bryan L. Kaufman, M.D.3, Frank Naeymi-Rad, M.S.1, Dale A Charletta, M.D.5, Anna Kepic, B.S.1, David A Trace, M.D.1, Shon Naeymirad, M.S.1, Lowell Carmony, Ph.D.2, Dimitrios Spigos, M.D.3, and Martha Evens, Ph.D.4
1University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois 60064
2Lake Forest College, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
3The Cook County Hospital, Department of Radiology. Chicago, Illinois 60612
4Illinois Institute of Technology, Department of Computer Science, Chicago, Illinois 60616
5Rush Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Chicago, Illinois 60612
Abstract
This paper discusses a method of adding a library of radiological images to MEDAS (the Medical Emergency Decision Assistance System). This library is interfaced with the MEDAS Feature Dictionary [I, 2], a dictionary containing terminology for MEDAS knowledge bases. The connections between the radiological images and the terms in the dictionary are used in two ways: 1) To retrieve the images with free text queries. 2) To help in the evaluation of radiological findings during the diagnostic cycle of MEDAS. We plan to use this library as a tool for training students and residents in understanding imaging and its role in diagnostics. This will require construction of a control set of images.
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