Development and evaluation of an expert system for the diagnosis of child autism

Pashalina Lialiou, Dimitrios Zikos, John Mantas

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Abstract

This paper presents the development of an expert system for the diagnosis of child autism and discusses potential benefits of its implementation in a clinical environment. The development of the expert system was based on a diagnostic algorithm supported by a developmental scale (PEDS) and a diagnostic tool of autism (CARS). Twelve nurses who work in pediatric hospital were asked to use the expert system for a session of 30 minutes and were asked to assess its usefulness, usability and diagnostic value. The majority of nurses agree that it is a useful and promising diagnostic tool for the clinical practice and for the identification of potential child autism cases.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationQuality of Life Through Quality of Information - Proceedings of MIE 2012
PublisherIOS Press
Pages1185-1187
Number of pages3
ISBN (Print)9781614991007
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event24th Medical Informatics in Europe Conference, MIE 2012 - Pisa, Italy
Duration: Aug 26 2012Aug 29 2012

Publication series

NameStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume180
ISSN (Print)0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8365

Conference

Conference24th Medical Informatics in Europe Conference, MIE 2012
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityPisa
Period08/26/1208/29/12

Keywords

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Autism
  • Diagnosis
  • Expert systems

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