title: VIA-RAD: a blackboard-based system for diagnostic radiology. Visual Interaction Assistant for Radiology.
abstract: The work described in this article presents an approach to the integration of computer-displayed radiological images with cooperative computerized assistance for decision-making. The VIA-RAD system (Visual Interaction Assistant for Radiology) is a blackboard-based architecture, founded on extensive data collection and analysis in the domain of diagnostic radiology, together with cognitive modeling of the interaction between perception and problem-solving. The details of this system are presented in terms of domain knowledge representation and domain knowledge mapping. A small prototype of the system has been implemented and tested with radiology subjects, and the results of this study are also described.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Computer & Information Science, Clark Atlanta University, GA 30314, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rogers
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D006801:Humans; D010465:Perception; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*