Towards the Development of Artificial Neural Network for Diagnosing Osteoporosis

The most important concern in the medical domain is to consider the interpretation of data and perform accurate diagnosis. To improve diagnostic process and avoid misdiagnosis, many e-Health systems use artificial intelligence method and especially artificial neural network to manipulate diverse type of clinical data. A common bone disease osteoporosis does not only depend on bone mineral density but also some other factors have significance i.e. age, weight, height, life-style etc. these all factors play considerable role to diagnosis osteoporosis. In this study, we propose a decision making system using the factors other then bone mineral density to provide a convenient, accurate and inexpensive solution to predict future fracture risk. Keywords—e-Health system; fracture risk; osteoporosis; neural network