Procedure of Medical Diagnosis

Abstract

Drawing flow diagrams is an effective strategy to extract rules for designing an intelligent system. Physicians diagnose the diseases based on flow diagrams. In this chapter, the procedure and required steps for medical diagnosis are explained and the reader can learn the way to find the knowledge from the medical experts to extract the data for the intelligent system. Examples of some flowcharts from the California Department of Health Service are provided to show how the designer should work with the medical data. Medical data and types of patient information are described.