Diagnosis of a computer-simulated podiatric patient.
The authors discuss the use of computers in medicine. A patient presenting with a condition requiring surgery is represented by a data file in a computer program. The user obtains data from the file by selecting items from a menu. Data are presented on the screen in pop-up windows. By examining the data and making judgments, the user may determine the pathology and make first a provisional and then a definitive diagnosis.
Conway
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Department of Anatomy, Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine, Philadelphia 19107.
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