title: Algorithm for assisting medical diagnosis.
abstract: An algorithm for medical diagnosis assistance is described. In this algorithm, the patient is identified following the simultaneous evaluation of its degree of similarity with a given disease, as well as the extent of disagreement with the rest of diseases considered in the differential diagnosis. In an example the algorithm is applied to the diagnosis assistance of some neuropathies.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Tohá
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vásquez
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fuentes
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Soto
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis