Difference between revisions of "Interpretation"

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Interpretation systems present information to clinicians passively. These systems can create relatively simple, yet nicely formatted clinical laboratory reports and graphs, or sophisticated interpretations of such things as electrocardiograms (EKGs) [Klingeman, 1967]. Interpretation systems work best when interfaced directly to the data generated by laboratory instruments that produce numeric data. In addition, there should be a well understood physiologic model in existence which unambiguously interprets the data. These systems have found their greatest clinical utility in areas such as arterial blood gas interpretation [Gardner, 1975], spirometry [Ostler, 1984], and automated PAP smear analysis [Wilbur, 1998], to name just a few.

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