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Easing semantically enriched information retrieval-An interactive semi-automatic annotation system for medical documents.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20582249     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Mapping medical concepts from a terminology system to the concepts in the narrative text of a medical document is necessary to provide semantically accurate information for further processing steps. The MetaMap Transfer (MMTx) program is a semantic annotation system that generates a rough mapping of concepts from the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) Metathesaurus to free medical text, but this mapping still contains erroneous and ambiguous bits of information. Since manually correcting the mapping is an extremely cumbersome and time-consuming task, we have developed the MapFace editor.The editor provides a convenient way of navigating the annotated information gained from the MMTx output, and enables users to correct this information on both a conceptual and a syntactical level, and thus it greatly facilitates the handling of the MMTx program. Additionally, the editor provides enhanced visualization features to support the correct interpretation of medical concepts within the text. We paid special attention to ensure that the MapFace editor is an intuitive and convenient tool to work with. Therefore, we recently conducted a usability study in order to create a well founded background serving as a starting point for further improvement of the editor's usability.
Authors:
Theresia Gschwandtner; Katharina Kaiser; Patrick Martini; Silvia Miksch
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE    
Journal Detail:
Title:  International journal of human-computer studies     Volume:  68     ISSN:  1071-5819     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-6-28     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9888279     Medline TA:  Int J Hum Comput Stud     Country:  -    
Other Details:
Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  370-385     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Institute of Software Technology and Interactive Systems, Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstrasse 9-11/188, 1040 Vienna, Austria.
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L 290-N04//Austrian Science Research Fund

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