title: Expert medical consultation systems.
abstract: Expert medical consultation systems have come of age in the last 5 years. There has been considerable progress in developing new and powerful representations for medical knowledge, microprocessor- and instrument-related expert systems, methods for knowledge acquisition and learning, and more sophisticated techniques of reasoning, explanation, and evaluation.
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012984:Software