Computer-aided diagnosis and treatment of malaria: the IMEX system.

IMEX is a prototype Integrated Malaria EXpert system whose practical objectives are to act as a tool to assist medical personnel in the diagnosis and treatment of malaria, to improve management of malaria patients and to formalize and document knowledge on malaria. This paper describes some of its important features, both from the user's point of view, as well as the technical aspects. The design of IMEX has taken into account practical considerations like cost, ease of usage and integration with its working environment. An evaluation of IMEX and some enhancements which can be made to the prototype are also discussed.