These papers clearly demonstrate the developments within Artificial Intelligence in medicine. The topics discussed may be categorized thus: - theoretical and procedural approaches such as Artificial Intelligence techniques, statistical methods, logical techniques and Expert and Consultation Systems in general. - applications in medical decision-making, covering laboratories, image processing, clinical applications, medical assessment and teaching. - prospectives of medical support systems, including the development of A.I. languages, development of special hardware and future systems integration.
