Research Article

Development of an Expert System as a Diagnostic Support of Cervical Cancer in Atypical Glandular Cells, Based on Fuzzy Logics and Image Interpretation

Table 3

Input variables “Inyury resolution (DL).”1

Input variablesLabel Geometric shapeInterval

SmallTrapezoid(0 0 5000 6000)
Nucleus dimensión (DN)MediumTrapezoid(4500 6800 9000 10000)
LargeTrapezoid(9000 9900 25000 25000)

ClearTrapezoid(50 50 80 82)
Nuclei staining (TN)MediaTrapezoid(79 82 87 92)
DarkTrapezoid(87 92 150 150)

Homogeneous nucleation (HN)RegularTrapezoid(0.5 0.5 0.74 0.77)
IrregularTrapezoid(0.75 0.8 1 1)

NullTriangular(0 0 2)
Nucleolus presence (PN)FewTrapezoid(2 9 20 30)
ManyTrapezoid(24 40 150 150)

Risk (R)NegativeTriangular(0.5 1 1.5)
PositiveTriangular(1.51 2 2.5)

NormalTrapezoid(0 0 31 41)
(DL) Injury resolutionAGCTrapezoid(31 41 58 68)
Positive to malignityTrapezoid(58 68 100 100)

1The initials presented in each one of input and output variables come from the translation from Spanish since users are native Spanish speakers. The interface of the expert system is, for now, only available in Spanish.