A desktop expert system for the differential diagnosis of dementia. An evaluation study

Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 1990;6(1):147-56. doi: 10.1017/s0266462300009004.

Abstract

EVINCE-I is a desktop expert system for the differential diagnosis of dementia, implemented on a personal computer. It is intended to assess the effectiveness of this new technology in modeling a psychiatrist who uses international guidelines for diagnosing dementia. EVINCE-I was tested in diagnosing 19 patients with varying stages of dementia and 10 patients showing other disorders except dementia. EVINCE-I and the human expert were in perfect agreement on the diagnosis of dementia and correlated highly on the diagnosis of dementia of the Alzheimer type and multiple infarct dementia. EVINCE-I thus offers important possibilities as a tool in investigating the data and procedures used by the human expert.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Decision Trees
  • Dementia / classification
  • Dementia / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Expert Systems*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Psychiatry / methods
  • Reproducibility of Results