Automatic coding of diagnostic reports

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 260-265

  De Bruijn, L M ^a   Hasman, A ^a   Arends, J W ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Information Storage and Retrieval; Natural Language Processing; Nomenclature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODING; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 0031655375     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634526     Document Type: Article

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