Doctor-Machine Symbiosis

In machine-aided diagnosis, the problem of dividing the diagnostician's task sensibly between the doctor and machine will be a major part of any successful solution. In this division, a major problem to be faced will be facilitation of communication between the doctor and his mechanical aide. To study methods of communication to match ``communication rates,'' and to establish those parts of the diagnostic problem for which the doctor and machine are individually most suited, are probably the most important part of machine-aided diagnosis. On the solution of these problems rests not only the best realization of the potentials of the team, but, even more important, a full acceptance by the medical profession of the diagnostic machine as a welcome assistant.