Patent ID: 6601055
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: G06F,G06K,G06N,G16H

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method of providing medical decision support comprising the steps of(A) initializing an inference engine; (B) initializing a semantic network structure; (C) initializing a discourse structure; (D) initializing a parser; (E) reading a lexicon file; (F) waiting for user input; (G) receiving a multimodal input from a user; (H) determining a type of input received, wherein it is determined that said type of input is evidence; and (I) processing said input based upon said determined type, wherein said processing step comprises the steps of (i) storing said evidence in an inference engine evidence vector; (ii) storing said evidence in a semantic network structure; (iii) determining a sensitivity based upon said evidence; and (iv) storing said determined sensitivity in said semantic network structure.