PATIENT DATA MINING FOR LUNG CANCER SCREENING

摘要

A system and method for lung cancer screening is provided. The system includ es a database (206) including structured patient information (206-2) for a patient population and a domain knowledge base (206-1) including information about lung cancer; an individual patient record (204); and a processor (202) for analyzing the patient record with data from the database to determine if a patient has indications of lung cancer. The method includes the steps of inputting patient-specific data into a patient record; performing at least o ne lung cancer screening procedure on a patient, wherein at least one result fr om the at least one procedure is inputted into the patient record in a structur ed format; and analyzing the patient record with a domain knowledge base to determine if the patient has indications of lung cancer.