Phil Bright was the research registrar who created the Oasys-N version of Oasys (not available for release). This used a neural net to diagnose occupational asthma from serial peak flow records. This was found to be marginally better than the Oasys-2 method but required the data to be manipulated in a standard format before analysis. We have plans to run the Oasys-2 algorithm on the manipulated data to see if the improvement is due to the manipulation.
He is now a chest physician in Solihull, UK
Phil is involved with the following papers on occupational asthma.
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Baldwin DR, Gannon PFG, Bright P, Newton DT, Robertson AS, Venables KM, Graneek B, Barker RD, Cartier A, Malo JL, Wilsher M, Pantin CFA, Burge PS,
Interpretation Of Occupational Peak Flow Records: Level Agreement Between Expert Clinicians And OASYS-2,
Thorax,
2002;57:860-864,
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Burge PS, Pantin CFA, Newton DT, Gannon PFG, Bright P, Belcher J, McCoach J, Baldwin DR, Burge CBSG and the Midlands Thoracic Society Research Group,
Development of an expert system for the interpretation of serial peak expiratory flow measurements in the diagnosis of occupational asthma,
Occup Environ Med,
1999;56:758-764,
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