Towards the identification of intelligent systems currently in routine use in medicine and dentistry

Many medical applications are developed but few are actually utilised in accordance with established procedure in a medical or dental environment. [ l] This paper details the methods being used to create a taxonomy of intelligent systems applications currently in use in medicine and dentistry in order to discover how many applications are actually used. It is intended ultimately to conduct research to discover clinicians' attitudes towards the use of intelligent systems in medicine, and the data found will be used as a foundation for further research into the acceptance of these applications.