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 | Connectionist Expert System to Diagnose Neck and Arm Pain
Author : Thamarai Selvi, S.
Source : Defence Science Journal ; Vol:49(3) ; 1999 ; pp 197-210
Subject : 612 Physiology;61 Medical Sciences;616.8 Neurology
Keywords : Neurophysiology ;Physiology;Medical sciences
Abstract : A connectionist expert system (CES) called BIONET aimed at assisting physicians in the diagnosis of diseases, such as neck and arm pain has been proposed. BIONET is an artificial network or connectionist network model capable of classifying diseases. Need for the development of CES for defence personnel has been discussed: BIONET is a feedforward three layer neural network with one hidden layer. The input, layer has been designated as stimulus layer, the hidden layer as receptor layer and output layer ag cortical layer. The sequential connections with spatial orientation have been maintained between stimulus layer and receptor layer for each specific factor. Parallel connections are established only at the cortical layer. Direct firing and facilitatory and inhibitory mechanisms are adhered to the neurophysiology of human nervous system. An algorithm for training on BIONET is also given. BIONET is simulated on a digital computer with training samples of patients collected from various hospitals in Tamil Nadu to diagnose neck and arm pain,diseases for testing purpose. |
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