VIRTUAL DERMATOLOGIST

A Diagnostic Application For Dermatology

[Dr. Maged KB briefly mentions this application in his letter to IJDVL]

This programme is a result of my experiments with expert systems in medical diagnosis. This system was first programmed by me in Prolog in the late nineties. I have re-written the algorithm in Java servlet for web use, but it is not as versatile as its predecessor. Though this program was conceptualized and implemented before the concept of ontology became  popular, the logic is based on a triplet of subject, object and predicates. However the predicate is a constant term (something like is_found_in with a relative confidence factor associated with it.). There is a synonym file defining the Equivalent 'Restriction' and a rule file defining 'Disjoints' and other rules, a 'reasoner' would have figured out!

I have concentrated more on the programme and less on database. In fact I prepared the database in 10 days time! So don't gauge the programme by its accuracy. This is just a technology demonstrator now (and may remain so in the future). As the medical knowledge processing and analysis rely on Ontologies now, I plan to redesign this application based on my ONTODerm ontology.  I have decided to prepare this for dermatology because it is my speciality. But the idea can be used for other specialities also. Please click here, if you wish to join me for this project.

I started this project when I was a postgraduate in KMC Manipal, and I would like to thank the staff members and all my colleagues for their support and guidance.

Finally a word of caution: This function is for the use of medical personnel only as it requires thorough knowledge of medical terms. I make no claim as to the accuracy of the program. The use of this programme is at your on risk. [Read Disclaimer]

Enter only positive history here avoiding numbers ( Example: An elderly diabetic with itchy erythematous scaly lesions in the groin of long duration).

EXPERIMENTAL APPLICATION. DO NOT ENTER CONFIDENTIAL DATA.

Before you press 'Process' please note that this is an experimental application not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any disease. Though I do not collect any information through this process unless you explicitly mail the history to me in the next stage, this application is hosted by a free server and their policies are beyond my control. Hence any data entered here may not be confidential.

 [ ONTODerm - Ontology for Dermatology | SkinDeep - A Dermatology Blog]

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