ABSTRACT
Technological trend in recent time’s
nit nesses an appreciable decrease in hardware cost, implementation in
microchip technology and a boost in the use of micro – computer’s in all ere as
of human life. The health industry is among the sectors formed by the
innovation, effected by the multiplicity of flexible, easy to use and
interactive software packages tailor to meet the handicaps of the medical
profession and to provide a relief of the human effort involved in the
practice. This project report tend to describe computer base system of medical
diagnosis the chemical feature of some common illness and their different
treatment are distinguish able by the use of oral interview. This system
interrogates a patient using the general principle and technology of chemical
examination. With details of inference to the underlying diseases and
recommendations for treatment. This study course only the diagnosis of such
illness as feverish conditions that do not involve the service of a medical
laboratory test such as malaria parasite, ealmoneilosis infections (typhoid)
hepatitis upper respiratory track infections (URTI) and septicemia (infection
of the blood with bacteria). The features and working principles of a typical
expert – system are allied in the design and implementation of the system is a
help to draw conclusion from the knowledge based. The information were
extracted from different experts in medical profession. The analysis of the
existing system was taken into consideration before the development of the
software in other to ensure prompt and timely information and recommend
treatment for the patient. The new system is very interactive and flexible and
is capable of solving any medical diagnosis problem within the scope. A
software was developed with Q basic as the language of the program is based on
flexibility. Since the ultimate aim of this project as to design and diagnosis
support system of artificial inteligate (A.I) that mimic the expertise doctor
in clinical diagnosis.
ORGANIZATION OF WORK
This project work is divided into seven chapters.
Chapter one is a survey of the health industry, the medical profession with a brief exposure of their inherent handicaps that calls for allevation or present the problem that triggered the design of the system and the aims and objectives of the study.
In chapter two the researcher took a critical and conceive look on the literature review of the system and other work works that are lifted by other people in the medical field.
In chapter three traced the description and analysis of the existing system. The method of data collection, the problems of the existing system and justification for new system.
Chapter four is a details design of the computer aided system for diagnosis and treatment of illness stating its system requirement, the file design and the input / output specifications with appropriate illustration. The procedure and system flow chart.
Chapter five moved for the effective implementation of the designed system where the programs and pseudo code were discussed.
Chapter six talked about the appropriate documentation of the system and the user’s guide for efficiency.
Chapter seven summarizes the entire work as conclusion and fare recommendation and areas of further studies, moreso, the authors whose book were reference in this work are included in the references.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Title page i
Certification ii
Approval iii
Dedication iv
Acknowledgement v
Abstract vi
Organization of work vii
Table of content viii
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction 1
1.1 Statement of problem 2
1.2 Aims and objectives 2
1.3 Purpose of study 3
1.4 Significant of study 3
1.5 Scope/Delimitations 4
1.6 Limitations/Constraints 4
1.7 Assumption of study 5
1.8 Definition of terms 5
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Literature review 6
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Description and analysis of the existing system 9
3.1 Fact-finding method/ methodology 9
3.2 Organisational Structure/Organogram 10
3.3 Objectives of the existing system 10
3.4 Input, Process, and Output Analysis 11
3.4.1 Input Analysis 11
3.4.2 Process Analysis 11
3,4.3 Output Analysis 11
3.5 Information Flow diagram 12
3.6 Problems of the existing system 12
3.7 Justification of the new system 13
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 Design of the new system 14
4.1 Design Standard 14
4.2 Output specification and design 14
4.3 Input specification and design 14
4.3.1 file design 15
4.4 Procedure chart 16
4.5 Systems flowchart 17
4.6 System requirements 18
4.6.1 Hardware Requirements 18
4.6.2 Software Requirements 18
4.6.3 Operational Requirements 18
4.6.4 Personnel Requirements 18
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 Implementation 19
5.1 Design Standard 19
5.2 Program design 20
5.2.1 Program Flowchart 20
5.2.2 Pseudo code 24
5.3 Coding 25
5.4 Test Data/Test Run 31
5.5 User Training – An overview 31
5.6 Cutover Process 31
CHAPTER SIX
6.0 Documentation 32
6.1 The user documentation 32
6.2 The programmer documentation 32
CHAPTER SEVEN
7.0 Recommendations, Summary and Conclusion 33
7.1 Recommendation 33
7.2 Summary 34
7.3 Conclusion 34
REFERENCES 35
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX 36
SOURCE LISTING 36
LIST OF FIGURES
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The computer aided system for medical diagnosis and treatment of illness is analysis support system of artificial intelligence (A.I) that mimics the expertise of a specialized doctor in clinical diagnosis, incorporation the general principles and feelumics of chemical examination it interrogates patients utilizing bulleting rules to make unambisons inference to disease cases and causative factors of ailments, with the appropriate recommendations of therapy, management, prevention or details that will assist in a more specialized intervention. The development of those new systems is to ensure accuracy in the interpretation of illness and proper administration of the therapy / treatment to safeguard human lives.
The subsections of this chapter will look of the health industry, the medical profession (especially from the aspect of training) with brief exposure to their handicaps that calls for alleviation / assistance.
It also look at the extend to which this scheme is applied by the system.
Nevertheless, the research believed that this project work and new system designed will assist in medical diagnosis since the efficiency and reliability of the system satisfactory.
- STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
In every day medical practices, tares are instances when squtoms of an illness are misinterpreted by health officials and inference made to an unrelated disease, and terapy / treatment administered in this direction proves either harmful or non effective. This ugly trend could be attributed to much dependence on human sense for remedy and analysis of details about disease syntoms sign and characters.
Oral interview has a very important advantage as a method of clinical diagnosis.
It allows the physician opportunity to hear the details of the situations directly from the patient involved. However the patients account of the intensity of the situation might not suffice (consider attempts to which hold some pacts which he/she assures not respectable or even unnecessary) to effect a reliable conclusion as it might be an evasion. Hence the need for an outline of basic routing questions. The response which provides the required information or leads to further related questions all in defined steps. The ability to remember “which question? And in what other? always posses challenges to both physician and trainees dike.
In the course of clinical appriaitiship there are steps when trainees and student. Fell overwhich by the details of the practice and would need an export to consult the absence to who may hinder the intended exercise. Common diseases or their respective causative factors have basic signs and characters, allow some of which the patience can give account of depending on the presentation and its development stage. The multiplicity of disease obtainable now, renders the human senses insufficient for memory of their accruing characteristics.
The detail of what to do, and in what senses what to expect why and how situations develop, the causative factors, their accompanying signs, respective and relative inferences and management strategies are vital aspects of clinical training, if provided with the above details of a less strenuous effort (as is provided by this system) the clinical will definitely find the exercise very interesting.
The answers to common health discomforts are within the reach of the patient or anybody available, given enough details abort the patience condition. Under such situation, the effusion of the specialist is to be sought only where necessary. Note that this is not an attempt to advolate arbitrary self medication. The intension of this assertion comes shortly.
Medical displarary units as well as affiliated health centres and institutions in remote areas mighty not are blessed with the presence of a qualified specialist. The available health officer, would need a reference and consultation result should they be faced with difficulty or unfamiliar cases and presentations. It is hope that computer aided system for diagnosis can supplement.
Addressing the need of the physicians trend and the patient, as discussed above will make the medical professor less tedium and more efficient, with good health closets to the homes. Hence their project work is one of such attempt.