An Expert PArasite IdentificatiON (EPAION) system with multimedia support

Theodoropoulos, G; Loumos, V; Tsouroulas, N

dc.contributor.author	Theodoropoulos, G	en
dc.contributor.author	Loumos, V	en
dc.contributor.author	Tsouroulas, N	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:12:37Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:12:37Z
dc.date.issued	1997	en
dc.identifier.issn	0307-7640	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/12170
dc.subject	Animal	en
dc.subject	Computer	en
dc.subject	Diagnosis	en
dc.subject	Expert	en
dc.subject	Graphical user interface	en
dc.subject	Human	en
dc.subject	Identification	en
dc.subject	Multimedia	en
dc.subject	Parasite	en
dc.subject	Program	en
dc.subject	Relational database	en
dc.subject	System	en
dc.subject.classification	Computer Science, Information Systems	en
dc.subject.classification	Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications	en
dc.subject.classification	Medical Informatics	en
dc.subject.other	accuracy	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	computer assisted diagnosis	en
dc.subject.other	computer language	en
dc.subject.other	computer program	en
dc.subject.other	data base	en
dc.subject.other	expert system	en
dc.subject.other	parasite identification	en
dc.subject.other	Animals	en
dc.subject.other	Databases, Factual	en
dc.subject.other	Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted	en
dc.subject.other	Expert Systems	en
dc.subject.other	Humans	en
dc.subject.other	Parasites	en
dc.subject.other	Parasitic Diseases	en
dc.subject.other	Parasitology	en
dc.subject.other	User-Computer Interface	en
dc.title	An Expert PArasite IdentificatiON (EPAION) system with multimedia support	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.3109/14639239709010898	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/14639239709010898	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1997	en
heal.abstract	Until now computer-assisted parasite identification was based on database applications requiring data specification on an individual basis, thus limiting the ability of the system to handle rule-based knowledge as humans are used to do. A new Expert PArasite IdentificatiON (EPAION: Greek term for expert) system was developed to serve as an interface between the database and the user, where the database is a repository for bionomic and morphological facts about the parasites for the expert system. The system was developed by using a logic-based computer language which allows the definition of rules and facts to assist the creation of queries to the database. The components of the system are the knowledge base, the multimedia data base, the inference mechanism, and the graphical user interface. The operational modules of the system are the Parasite Identifier and the system Utilities. This expert system facilitates knowledge incorporation in a manner simulating the natural mental process, thus allowing the checking of the accuracy of the information that the user feeds to the computer and the creation of intelligent queries to the database. These characteristics accelerate focusing and optimize the parasite identification scheme regardless of the user's profile of competency. © 1997 Informa UK Ltd All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD	en
heal.journalName	Medical Informatics	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.3109/14639239709010898	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:A1997YC60500006	en
dc.identifier.volume	22	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	263	en
dc.identifier.epage	273	en