Preferred model of dialog style in expert system of physical examination of skin disease

摘要

This study proposes two specific prototype systems used for the physical examination of skin diseases by a doctor. The objective of this study is to enhance the comfort level of the doctor while performing physical examination of skin diseases using a computer-assisted system. In the previous study, we found that physicians were more comfortable with the process of physical examination using some variety of a particular dialogue. In this study, we propose two prototype systems, namely, an icon-based model and a graphic user interface (GUI)-based model. These prototypes were evaluated by eight medical doctors through a focus group discussion (FGD) to obtain the desired model. From the results obtained by the doctors, it was found that the acceptance level of the GUI-based model was approximately 81% and that this model was better than the icon-based model. Further, the proposed prototype can be used as a reference model in future studies for developing a user interface system, particularly a system that requires physical examination of skin diseases.