Cross-hospital portability of information extraction of cancer staging information

As new technologies for health care are deployed, increasing access to electronic information opens opportunities for improved productivity and decision support. Pathology reports are one rich source of valuable patient information: these contain cell and tissue data and are often critical in determining presence of certain diseases and performing diagnosis. Pathology reports are typically semi-structured, containing distinguishable components but with most information in free text (though often abbreviated or terse).

Source: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine - June 21, 2014 Category: Bioinformatics Authors: David Martinez, Graham Pitson, Andrew MacKinlay, Lawrence Cavedon Source Type: research