title: TraumaSCAN: assessing penetrating trauma with geometric and probabilistic reasoning.
abstract: This paper presents TraumaSCAN, a prototype computer system for assessing the effects of penetrating trauma to the chest and abdomen. TraumaSCAN combines geometric reasoning about potentially injured anatomic structures with (probabilistic) diagnostic reasoning about the consequences of these injuries. We also present results obtained from testing TraumaSCAN retrospectively on 26 actual gunshot wound cases.
authors.affiliation: Decision Systems Group, Brigham and Womens's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ogunyemi
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Webber
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Badler
mesh_terms: D001499:Bayes Theorem; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D011336:Probability; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis