A Decision Aid for Diagnosis of Liver Lesions on MRI

Citation: Rhea Tombropoulos and Smadar Shiffman and C. Davidson. (1993) A Decision Aid for Diagnosis of Liver Lesions on MRI. In , 1993.

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author	Rhea Tombropoulos and Smadar Shiffman and C. Davidson
title	A Decision Aid for Diagnosis of Liver Lesions on MRI
number	KSL-93-36
institution	Knowledge Systems, AI Laboratory
address	Washington D.C.
year	1993
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abstract	Abdominal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plays an important role in the evaluation of liver abnormalities. The interpretation of MR images requires expert training in a rapidly changing field. DAFODILL (Decision Aid for Diagnosing Liver Lesions) is a decision-support tool designed to aid radiologists in the diagnosis of hepatic lesions seen on MRI. DAFODILL uses a knowledge base of MRI findings and a belief-network inference engine to generate probabilistic differential diagnoses of the most commonly encountered hepatic lesions. DAFODILL performs limited image processing to identify clinically relevant features, which are presented to the user for confirmation before they are used by the network. Preliminary evaluation of an initial version of the system suggests that DAFODILL may be a useful tool for radiology residents and nonexpert radiologists in interpreting MR images of the liver.

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Abstract	Abdominal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) … Abdominal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plays an important role in the evaluation of liver abnormalities. The interpretation of MR images requires expert training in a rapidly changing field. DAFODILL (Decision Aid for Diagnosing Liver Lesions) is a decision-support tool designed to aid radiologists in the diagnosis of hepatic lesions seen on MRI. DAFODILL uses a knowledge base of MRI findings and a belief-network inference engine to generate probabilistic differential diagnoses of the most commonly encountered hepatic lesions. DAFODILL performs limited image processing to identify clinically relevant features, which are presented to the user for confirmation before they are used by the network. Preliminary evaluation of an initial version of the system suggests that DAFODILL may be a useful tool for radiology residents and nonexpert radiologists in interpreting MR images of the liver. ts in interpreting MR images of the liver.
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Author	Rhea Tombropoulos and Smadar Shiffman and C. Davidson +
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Has title	A Decision Aid for Diagnosis of Liver Lesions on MRI +
Has year	1993 +
Institution	Knowledge Systems, AI Laboratory +
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Title	A Decision Aid for Diagnosis of Liver Lesions on MRI +
Year	1993 +