Title :
Does Domain Knowledge Matter for Assertion Annotation in Clinical Texts?
Author :
Mowery, D.L. ; Jordan, P.W. ; Wiebe, J.M. ; Chapman, W.W. ; Lin Liu
Author_Institution :
Biomed. Inf., Learning Resource & Dev. Center, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
This pilot study aims to determine how well subjects annotate assertions about problem mentions in clinical text and determine if a statistical difference exists between subjects with and without clinical domain knowledge.
Keywords :
information retrieval; medical computing; natural language processing; statistical analysis; text analysis; assertion annotation; clinical domain knowledge; clinical texts; natural language processing; statistical difference; Biomedical informatics; Educational institutions; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Natural language processing; Standards;
Conference_Titel :
Healthcare Informatics, Imaging and Systems Biology (HISB), 2012 IEEE Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4803-4
DOI :
10.1109/HISB.2012.61
