METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING A CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS
First Claim
1. A method for supporting a clinical diagnosis, comprising:
- a) representing a patient by a plurality of initial symptoms, the symptoms including characteristics of the patient;
b) determining, by querying and reasoning in a disease-symptom knowledge model, at least one likely disease for each of the plurality of initial symptoms;
c) mapping the plurality of initial symptoms onto a set of said likely diseases;
d) determining for each disease of said set of likely diseases a plurality of associated symptoms, the associated symptoms being associated to a respective disease of said set of likely diseases in said disease-symptom knowledge model;
e) categorizing each of the plurality of associated symptoms into disjoint categories by mapping associated symptoms with initial symptoms; and
f) representing likely diseases in the context of said categories of associated symptoms.
3 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method and system for supporting a clinical diagnosis is provided, the method including the steps of representing a patient by a plurality of initial symptoms, the symptoms including characteristics of the patient; determining, by querying and reasoning in a disease-symptom knowledge model, at least one likely disease for each of the plurality of initial symptoms; mapping the plurality of initial symptoms onto a set of said likely diseases; determining for each disease of said set of likely diseases a plurality of associated symptoms, the associated symptoms being associated to a respective disease of said set of likely diseases in said disease-symptom knowledge model; categorizing each of the plurality of associated symptoms into disjoint categories by mapping associated symptoms with initial symptoms; and representing likely diseases in the context of said categories of associated symptoms.
-
Citations
13 Claims
-
1. A method for supporting a clinical diagnosis, comprising:
-
a) representing a patient by a plurality of initial symptoms, the symptoms including characteristics of the patient; b) determining, by querying and reasoning in a disease-symptom knowledge model, at least one likely disease for each of the plurality of initial symptoms; c) mapping the plurality of initial symptoms onto a set of said likely diseases; d) determining for each disease of said set of likely diseases a plurality of associated symptoms, the associated symptoms being associated to a respective disease of said set of likely diseases in said disease-symptom knowledge model; e) categorizing each of the plurality of associated symptoms into disjoint categories by mapping associated symptoms with initial symptoms; and f) representing likely diseases in the context of said categories of associated symptoms. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
-
-
8. A system for supporting a clinical diagnosis, the system comprising:
-
a semantic patient data repository including semantically annotated initial symptoms representing a patient, the symptoms including characteristics of the patient; an ontology repository including a knowledge model establishing a relationship between a plurality of diseases and a plurality of associated symptoms; a query and reasoning component for mapping the plurality of initial symptoms onto a set of likely diseases and for mapping the plurality of initial symptoms onto a set of said likely diseases; a ranking module for categorizing each of the plurality of associated symptoms into disjoint categories by mapping associated symptoms with initial symptoms; and a user interaction module for representing likely diseases in the context of said categories of associated symptoms. - View Dependent Claims (10, 12, 13)
-
-
9. A computer program product, which comprises a program code stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and which, when executed by a processor, is configured to:
-
a) represent a patient by a plurality of initial symptoms, the symptoms including characteristics of the patient; b) determine, by querying and reasoning in a disease-symptom knowledge model, at least one likely disease for each of the plurality of initial symptoms; c) map the plurality of initial symptoms onto a set of said likely diseases; d) determine for each disease of said set of likely diseases a plurality of associated symptoms, the associated symptoms being associated to a respective disease of said set of likely diseases in said disease-symptom knowledge model; e) categorize each of the plurality of associated symptoms into disjoint categories by mapping associated symptoms with initial symptoms; and f) represent likely diseases in the context of said categories of associated symptoms. - View Dependent Claims (11)
-
Specification