(1) Institute of Medical Electronics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan;(2) Osaka National Hospital, Kouenzaka 2-14-1, Chuou-ku, 540 Osaka, Japan
Abstract:
This article is concerned with the history and current state of research activities into medical expert systems (MES) in Japan. A brief review of expert systems' work over the last ten years is provided and here is a discussion on future directions of artificial intelligence (AI) applications in medicine, which we expect the Japanese AI community in medicine (AIM) to undertake.