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AI in medicine: A Japanese perspective

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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.

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Furukawa, T. AI in medicine: A Japanese perspective. AI & Soc 4, 196–213 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01889940

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