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The objective of computer-aided diagnostics is to improve clinical judgment. We are convinced that the accuracy of medical decisions can be improved; an opinion which has been substantiated by several authors. Garland (reported in 1) found an accuracy of 44% for myocardial infarction; Van der Does and Lubsen (2) 47% for the same disease. Prutting (3) found an average error in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism of 56%f and reported an overall diagnostic accuracy of 55,4% in 100 autopsies in France. In our study we found an overall accuracy of about 50% for general practitioners, and about 70% for general internists.
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Ridderikhoff, J. (1987). Obstacles in Computer-Aided Diagnosis. In: Reichertz, P.L., Engelbrecht, R., Piccolo, U. (eds) Present Status of Computer Support in Ambulatory Care. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 30. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93355-4_12
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