Software Development for Research Support in Epilepsy

Abstract

In the paper are described the objectives and designing status of an intelligent software for support of: a) remission’s research of patients with resistant forms of epilepsy; b) diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy patients and c) e-Learning. The research is multidisciplinary and requires knowledge of medicine, mathematics, artificial intelligence, e-learning, etc. The study is based on experience gained during 22 years treatment of epilepsy of over 2000 patients by one of the authors, Alexander Popov - Head of Epilepsy Department at Psychiatric Hospital of the Republic of Moldova. This experience has achieved the remission of over 100 patients with resistant forms of epilepsy. Authors began collaborating in 2005. Meanwhile, on the one hand were collected and systematized information on experience treating patients with epilepsy, and on the other hand, it was started the development of intelligent software elements for research assistance, treatment of epilepsy patients and e-learning of epilepsy issue. It was developed an expert system for diagnosing epilepsy groups F00 - F09 according to classification "The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders". It is developed a version of Support System for doctors’ assistance for establishing the treatment programs for epilepsy patients. Have been developed e-learning components within epilepsy issue. It was significantly improved the concept of "relational therapy", which now integrates the experience of treating patients with resistant epilepsy with up to 7 pharmacological preparations in the same time with psychotherapy. At the moment it is being finished a treatment methodology of epilepsy based on concepts of "remission", "rational therapy".