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[Recent progress in computer-assisted laboratory diagnosis]. 1990

N Matsuda

Department of Clinical Pathology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki.

To assist the physician in the clinical decision making process, the CALD (computer-assisted laboratory diagnosis) system was constructed. This was serially connected with a multi-center laboratory information system for practical use. From among the examples of CALD used, a diagnostic system for the blood spectrum and peripheral hemogram was selected for the evaluation of the principle and usefulness, and for a discussion of further problems. The method of selection of suitable tests for hepatobiliary disease screening (from a normal group and 10 groups of other diseases) and its diagnostic logic and usefulness of quantitative diagnosis using a discriminant curve were then discussed. The optimal combinations were most often found to involve 1-5 tests. Near maximal diagnostic efficiency was achieved by 50-100 combinations. The diagnostic efficiency of the optimal test was higher than expected, with a range of 80-100% (92.7% on average).

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D002984	Clinical Laboratory Information Systems	Information systems, usually computer-assisted, designed to store, manipulate, and retrieve information for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling administrative and clinical activities associated with the provision and utilization of clinical laboratory services.	Laboratory Information Systems,Information Systems, Clinical Laboratory,Information System, Laboratory,Information Systems, Laboratory,Laboratory Information System,System, Laboratory Information,Systems, Laboratory Information
D003936	Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted	Application of computer programs designed to assist the physician in solving a diagnostic problem.	Computer-Assisted Diagnosis,Computer Assisted Diagnosis,Computer-Assisted Diagnoses,Diagnoses, Computer-Assisted,Diagnosis, Computer Assisted
D006505	Hepatitis	INFLAMMATION of the LIVER.	Hepatitides
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000208	Acute Disease	Disease having a short and relatively severe course.	Acute Diseases,Disease, Acute,Diseases, Acute
D012372	ROC Curve	A graphic means for assessing the ability of a screening test to discriminate between healthy and diseased persons; may also be used in other studies, e.g., distinguishing stimuli responses as to a faint stimuli or nonstimuli.	ROC Analysis,Receiver Operating Characteristic,Analysis, ROC,Analyses, ROC,Characteristic, Receiver Operating,Characteristics, Receiver Operating,Curve, ROC,Curves, ROC,ROC Analyses,ROC Curves,Receiver Operating Characteristics
D015999	Multivariate Analysis	A set of techniques used when variation in several variables are studied simultaneously. In statistics, multivariate analysis is interpreted as any analytic method that allows simultaneous study of two or more dependent variables.	Analysis, Multivariate,Multivariate Analyses
D016002	Discriminant Analysis	A statistical analytic technique used with discrete dependent variables, concerned with separating sets of observed values and allocating new values. It is sometimes used instead of regression analysis.	Analyses, Discriminant,Analysis, Discriminant,Discriminant Analyses
D019411	Clinical Laboratory Techniques	Techniques used to carry out clinical investigative procedures in the diagnosis and therapy of disease.	Clinical Laboratory Test,Clinical Laboratory Testing,Clinical Laboratory Diagnoses,Clinical Laboratory Testings,Clinical Laboratory Tests,Diagnoses and Laboratory Examinations,Diagnosis, Laboratory,Laboratory Diagnosis,Laboratory Examinations and Diagnoses,Laboratory Techniques, Clinical,Clinical Laboratory Technique,Diagnose, Clinical Laboratory,Laboratory Diagnoses,Laboratory Technique, Clinical,Laboratory Test, Clinical,Laboratory Testing, Clinical,Technique, Clinical Laboratory,Test, Clinical Laboratory,Testing, Clinical Laboratory