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Natural language processing in medicine: an overview.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9019092     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
An overview is given of natural language processing applications in medicine. An attempt has been made to enumerate the most important and known international projects and to summarize their goals, principles, methods and results. A section is devoted to projects involving the Dutch language. A more general discussion about the two fundamental approaches concerning medical language understanding is provided. An extensive bibliography may be useful for those wishing to explore this research domain.
Authors:
P Spyns
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Methods of information in medicine     Volume:  35     ISSN:  0026-1270     ISO Abbreviation:  Methods Inf Med     Publication Date:  1996 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1997-03-28     Completed Date:  1997-03-28     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0210453     Medline TA:  Methods Inf Med     Country:  GERMANY    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  285-301     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Medical Informatics, State University Gent, Belgium. Peter.Spyns@rug.ac.be
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Humans
International Cooperation
Linguistics
Medical Records Systems, Computerized*
Natural Language Processing*
Terminology as Topic

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