@inproceedings{6839617ea00d411a80e05c96e5b4a3c8,
title = "Medical language and knowledge base systems",
abstract = "It is pointed out that the lack of standardized medical language limits the potential use of computers in medicine. Major obstacles include imprecise terminology, the limited scope of a thesaurus, problems related to knowledge engineering, discrepancies between information sources versus actual clinical cases, and the ever expanding range of synonyms and eponyms. Incorporation of a separate knowledge base containing equivalent expressions is indicated for the practical use of medical information systems. Application of this strategy to the Medwise computer diagnosis system yields an 11% better score when analyzing some hundred published case studies.",
author = "Kerkhof, {P. L.M.}",
year = "1990",
month = dec,
day = "1",
language = "English",
isbn = "0879425598",
series = "Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Engineering in Medicine and Biology",
publisher = "Publ by IEEE",
number = "pt 3",
pages = "1320--1321",
booktitle = "Biomedical Engineering Perspectives",
edition = "pt 3",
note = "Proceedings of the 12th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society ; Conference date: 01-11-1990 Through 04-11-1990",
}