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Patent No.:

US 11163763 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 25, 2019

Decision-support application and system for medical differential-diagnosis and treatment using a question-answering system

Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Sugato Bagchi, White Plains, NY (US);

David A. Ferrucci, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Anthony T. Levas, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Erik T. Mueller, Chevy Chase, MD (US);

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Attorney:

Rakesh Roy

Primary Examiner:

Joseph D Burgess

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/2452 (2019.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06N 5/02 (2006.01); G16H 50/70 (2018.01); G16H 10/20 (2018.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); G06F 16/31 (2019.01); G06F 16/93 (2019.01); G06F 16/33 (2019.01); G06F 16/532 (2019.01); G06F 16/242 (2019.01); G06F 16/2455 (2019.01); G06F 16/903 (2019.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 40/134 (2020.01); G06F 40/169 (2020.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); G16H 70/00 (2018.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 15/00 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G06F 40/211 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/24522 (2019.01); A61B 5/00 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 16/2428 (2019.01); G06F 16/2455 (2019.01); G06F 16/31 (2019.01); G06F 16/334 (2019.01); G06F 16/532 (2019.01); G06F 16/90335 (2019.01); G06F 16/93 (2019.01); G06F 40/134 (2020.01); G06F 40/169 (2020.01); G06N 5/027 (2013.01); G16H 10/20 (2018.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 15/00 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); G16H 50/70 (2018.01); G16H 70/00 (2018.01); G06F 40/211 (2020.01); Y02A 90/10 (2018.01);
Abstract

A method, computer system, and computer program product for decision support is provided. The present invention may include receiving a problem case information and generating a query based on the problem case information. The present invention may also include generating a plurality of answers for the query using the question-answering module. The present invention may also include calculating numerical values for multiple evidence dimensions from evidence sources for each of the answers using the question-answering module and may further include calculating a corresponding confidence value for each of the answers based on the numerical value of each evidence dimension using the question-answering module. The present invention may also include outputting the generated answers, the corresponding confidence values, and the numerical values of each evidence dimension for one or more selected answers using the input/output module.

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