EMBalance data repository modeling and clinical application

Abstract

Dizziness is a common symptom for both benign and life-threatening disorders with subtle distinguishing features. This poses a clinical challenge for physicians dealing with patients suffering from dizziness and vertigo and managing them within primary care. The objective of the EMBalance project is to present a decision support system to assist general practitioners in the diagnosis and management of vestibular disorders. In this work we review the modeling techniques integrated with clinical data to produce a multi-scale, patient-specific balance model that is incorporated in the DSS based on data mining techniques. To understand this we have outlined both technical and clinical aspects to the project. Further we discuss how we intend to test this product in a multicentred, double blind, parallel group randomized controlled trial and the impact we expect the DSS to have both clinically and technologically.