Differential diagnosis of dementia: a comparison between the expert system EVINCE and clinicians

Leonard A. Plugge; Frans R.J. Verhey; Jellemer Jolles

doi:10.1176/jnp.3.4.398

Differential diagnosis of dementia: a comparison between the expert system EVINCE and clinicians

Leonard A. Plugge, Frans R.J. Verhey, Jellemer Jolles

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Abstract

The diagnostic performance of the expert system EVINCE was compared with that of 85 clinicians in diagnosing 10 patients suspected of suffering from dementia. A multidisciplinary expert committee provided a standard diagnosis as reference for comparison. The results showed that the syndrome and etiologic diagnoses made by EVINCE were in very close agreement with those of the expert committee and that the diagnostic performance of EVINCE was better than that of the average clinician. The present findings indicate that expert systems, especially those within the realm of complex multidimensional medical problems, could be a valuable aid in medical practice.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	398-404
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
Volume	3
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.3.4.398
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1991

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