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Clinical Experiences with a Knowledge-Based System in Sonography (SonoConsult)

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Professional Knowledge Management (WM 2005)

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We evaluated the clinical effects of the knowledge-based documentation and diagnosis system SonoConsult for sonography, which has been used in clinical routine for more than 2 years. The evaluation focuses on the following aspects from the clinical point of view: quality of documentation, quality of diagnostic conclusions, training effects, and research effects. In contrast to wide-spread expectations in the knowledge-based community, the diagnostic conclusions were less important than the other aspects, being much more welcomed by clinicians.

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  1. Lehrstuhl Informatik VI, Am Hubland, Universität Würzburg, 97074, Würzburg

    Frank Puppe, Georg Buscher & Martin Atzmueller

  2. DRK-Kliniken Berlin Köpenick, Medizinische Klinik 2, Salvador-Allende-Str. 2-8, 12559, Berlin

    Matthias Hüttig & Hans-Peter Buscher

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  1. Institute of Computer Science, University of Hildesheim, Marienburger Platz 22, 31141, Hildesheim, Germany

    Klaus-Dieter Althoff

  2. Knowledge Management Department, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) GmbH, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Andreas Dengel

  3. Department of Business Information Systems II, University of Trier, Trier, Germany

    Ralph Bergmann

  4. Department for Experience Management, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Kaiserslautern

    Markus Nick

  5. Knowledge Management Department, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) GmbH, Trippstadter Straße 122, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Thomas Roth-Berghofer

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Puppe, F., Buscher, G., Atzmueller, M., Hüttig, M., Buscher, HP. (2005). Clinical Experiences with a Knowledge-Based System in Sonography (SonoConsult). In: Althoff, KD., Dengel, A., Bergmann, R., Nick, M., Roth-Berghofer, T. (eds) Professional Knowledge Management. WM 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3782. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11590019_37

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