A theory of medical diagnosis as hypothesis refinement

Peter Lucas

doi:10.1007/BFb0029449

A theory of medical diagnosis as hypothesis refinement

Peter Lucas^*

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Abstract

In this paper, medical diagnosis is viewed as a two-stage process: medical knowledge is first interpreted in a diagnostic sense; next, observed findings are interpreted with respect to this interpreted knowledge and a given hypothesis, yielding a diagnosis. A new set-theoretical framework is introduced that captures this view of diagnosis; it is used to formalize various notions of diagnosis, those proposed in the literature included. Next, a new theory of flexible diagnosis, called refinement diagnosis, is proposed and defined in terms of this framework. Relationships with notions of diagnosis known from the literature are investigated.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Subtitle of host publication	6th Conference in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Europe, AIME '97, Grenoble, France, March 23-26, 1997, Proceedings
Editors	Robert Baud, Elpida Keravnou, Catherine Garbay, Jeremy Wyatt
Place of Publication	Berlin, Heidelberg
Publisher	Springer
Pages	169-180
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-540-68448-0
ISBN (Print)	978-3-540-62709-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0029449
Publication status	Published - 1997
Externally published	Yes
Event	6th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine in Europe, AIME 1997 - Grenoble, France Duration: 23 Mar 1997 → 26 Mar 1997 Conference number: 6

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	1211
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	6th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine in Europe, AIME 1997
Abbreviated title	AIME
Country/Territory	France
City	Grenoble
Period	23/03/97 → 26/03/97

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Lucas, P. (1997). A theory of medical diagnosis as hypothesis refinement. In R. Baud, E. Keravnou, C. Garbay, & J. Wyatt (Eds.), Artificial Intelligence in Medicine : 6th Conference in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Europe, AIME '97, Grenoble, France, March 23-26, 1997, Proceedings (pp. 169-180). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 1211). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0029449

Lucas, Peter. / A theory of medical diagnosis as hypothesis refinement. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine : 6th Conference in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Europe, AIME '97, Grenoble, France, March 23-26, 1997, Proceedings. editor / Robert Baud ; Elpida Keravnou ; Catherine Garbay ; Jeremy Wyatt. Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer, 1997. pp. 169-180 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Lucas, P 1997, A theory of medical diagnosis as hypothesis refinement. in R Baud, E Keravnou, C Garbay & J Wyatt (eds), Artificial Intelligence in Medicine : 6th Conference in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Europe, AIME '97, Grenoble, France, March 23-26, 1997, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 1211, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 169-180, 6th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine in Europe, AIME 1997, Grenoble, France, 23/03/97. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0029449

A theory of medical diagnosis as hypothesis refinement. / Lucas, Peter.
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine : 6th Conference in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Europe, AIME '97, Grenoble, France, March 23-26, 1997, Proceedings. ed. / Robert Baud; Elpida Keravnou; Catherine Garbay; Jeremy Wyatt. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 1997. p. 169-180 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 1211).

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Lucas P. A theory of medical diagnosis as hypothesis refinement. In Baud R, Keravnou E, Garbay C, Wyatt J, editors, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine : 6th Conference in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Europe, AIME '97, Grenoble, France, March 23-26, 1997, Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. 1997. p. 169-180. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/BFb0029449

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