Method of diagnosing breast cancer
First Claim
1. A method of diagnosing breast cancer comprising the steps ofgenerating an inference engine;
- calculating probability data using conditional and nonconditional values;
receiving patient-specific evidence;
propagating said patient-specific evidence through said inference engine to update said probability data and thereby determine a breast cancer diagnosis; and
reporting said breast cancer diagnosis.
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Abstract
A method of diagnosing breast cancer by generating an inference system having a predetermined number of nodes organized into a tree of cliques. After the inference system is initialized, an evidence vector is created and initialized. The evidence vector is then customized or updated by receiving patient-specific evidence. This updated evidence vector is then propagated through the inference system to determine a breast cancer diagnosis. While determine the breast cancer diagnosis, the system can estimate the influence of each piece of patient-specific evidence on the diagnosis. Thus, the system is capable of not only determining and reporting a breast cancer diagnosis based upon patient-specific evidence, but also determining and reporting the estimated influence of each piece of patient-specific evidence considered.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of diagnosing breast cancer comprising the steps of
generating an inference engine; -
calculating probability data using conditional and nonconditional values; receiving patient-specific evidence; propagating said patient-specific evidence through said inference engine to update said probability data and thereby determine a breast cancer diagnosis; and reporting said breast cancer diagnosis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of diagnosing breast cancer comprising the steps of
generating a Bayesian network having a first predetermined number of nodes and a second predetermined number of cliques; -
initializing said Bayesian network; creating an evidence vector; initializing said evidence vector; receiving patient-specific evidence; updating said evidence vector using said patient-specific evidence; propagating said updated evidence vector through said Bayesian network to determine a breast cancer diagnosis; estimating an influence of each piece of patient-specific evidence on said breast cancer diagnosis; reporting said breast cancer diagnosis; and reporting said estimated influence.
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7. A method of diagnosing breast cancer using an inference engine, comprising the steps of
(a) generating a Bayesian network having a predetermined number of member components; -
(b) initializing said Bayesian network; (c) creating an evidence vector; (d) initializing said evidence vector; (e) computing a posterior probability value of breast cancer by propagating said evidence vector through said network; (f) customizing said evidence vector by specifying observed evidence values for a specific patient; (g) verifying that said customized evidence vector is correct; (h) updating said posterior probability value of breast cancer by propagating said customized evidence vector through said network; and (i) outputting said posterior probability value. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of diagnosing breast cancer comprising the steps of
generating a Bayesian network having twenty-six nodes and twenty-one cliques; -
initializing said Bayesian network; creating an evidence vector; initializing said evidence vector; receiving patient-specific evidence; updating said evidence vector using said patient-specific evidence; propagating said updated evidence vector through said Bayesian network to determine a breast cancer diagnosis; estimating an influence of each piece of patient-specific evidence on said breast cancer diagnosis; reporting said breast cancer diagnosis; and reporting said estimated influence. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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