The immune system as a model for pattern recognition and classification.
To design a pattern recognition engine based on concepts derived from mammalian immune systems.
Author(s): Carter, J H
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2000.0070028
To design a pattern recognition engine based on concepts derived from mammalian immune systems.
Author(s): Carter, J H
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2000.0070028
Currently, when cytopathology images are archived, they are typically stored with a limited text-based description of their content. Such a description inherently fails to quantify the properties of an image and refers to an extremely small fraction of its information content. This paper describes a method for automatically indexing images of individual cells and their associated diagnoses by computationally derived cell descriptors. This methodology may serve to better index data [...]
Author(s): Mattie, M E, Staib, L, Stratmann, E, Tagare, H D, Duncan, J, Miller, P L
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2000.0070404
To create "extensional definitions" of laboratory codes from derived characteristics of coded values in a clinical database and then use these definitions in the automated mapping of codes between disparate facilities.
Author(s): Zollo, K A, Huff, S M
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2000.0070586
This review examines how a "bottom-up" model of a civilian technology program works by recounting the story of the "genesis" of the Information Infrastructure for Healthcare (IIH) focused program of the Advanced Technology Program. The IIH program began with an exchange of ideas among members of the private and public sectors (through the submission of "white papers" by members of industry, workshops conducted by the ATP, and meetings among persons [...]
Author(s): Lide, B, Spivack, R N
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2000.0070559
Terminology work in nursing has given rise to an increasing number of nursing terminologies. These generally take the form of controlled vocabularies. Because of the limitations of the controlled vocabulary approach, individual terminologies tend to be tuned to meet the specific needs of their intended users. Differences between terminologies are now a significant barrier to the comparison and interchange of health information. To agree on a single, multipurpose terminology would [...]
Author(s): Hardiker, N R, Hoy, D, Casey, A
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2000.0070523
The authors study the extraction of useful phrases from a natural language database by statistical methods. The aim is to leverage human effort by providing preprocessed phrase lists with a high percentage of useful material.
Author(s): Kim, W, Wilbur, W J
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2000.0070499
To develop a guideline document model that includes a sufficiently broad set of concepts to be useful throughout the guideline life cycle.
Author(s): Shiffman, R N, Karras, B T, Agrawal, A, Chen, R, Marenco, L, Nath, S
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2000.0070488
The entity-attribute-value representation with classes and relationships (EAV/CR) provides a flexible and simple database schema to store heterogeneous biomedical data. In certain circumstances, however, the EAV/CR model is known to retrieve data less efficiently than conventionally based database schemas.
Author(s): Chen, R S, Nadkarni, P, Marenco, L, Levin, F, Erdos, J, Miller, P L
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2000.0070475
To identify variables that may enhance medical student's preparedness for computer-based administration of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE).
Author(s): Lynch, D C, Whitley, T W, Emmerling, D A, Brinn, J E
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2000.0070469
To compare out-of-box performance of three commercially available continuous speech recognition software packages: IBM ViaVoice 98 with General Medicine Vocabulary; Dragon Systems NaturallySpeaking Medical Suite, version 3.0; and L&H Voice Xpress for Medicine, General Medicine Edition, version 1.2.
Author(s): Devine, E G, Gaehde, S A, Curtis, A C
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2000.0070462