%0 Journal Article %T Images and Rules-Based Decision Support System in Ultrasound Examination of Abdominal Zone %A Lyudmila Burtseva %A Constantin Gaindric %A Svetlana Cojocaru %J Memoirs of the Scientific Sections of the Romanian Academy %D 2011 %I Publishing House of the Romanian Academy %X Two main approaches are used in the development of computer-aided decision support systems in medicine: (i) based on the processing of images obtained during medical investigations, (ii) based on rules. At present, various combinations of these two techniques become more adequate and assure a great perspective for this domain.SonaRes system combines the two basic approaches of ultrasound diagnostic systems development by providing the decision making on the base of both rules and images. %K Decision support systems %K Ultrasound diagnostics %U http://www.academiaromana-is.ro/Reviste/mem_sc_st_2011/11_MSS_Burtseva%20et%20al.pdf