Detection of pneumonia using free-text radiology reports in the BioSense system

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-73

  Asatryan, Armenak ^a,b   Benoit, Stephen ^c   Ma, Haobo ^a   English, Roseanne ^c   Elkin, Peter ^d   Tokars, Jerome ^c  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

BioSense; Disease detection; Electronic data; Pneumonia; Radiology

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSE; BIOTERRORISM AGENT; CHEST RADIOGRAPHS; CLINICAL HISTORY; DISEASE DETECTION; ELECTRONIC DATA; ELECTRONIC DATA SOURCES; EMPIRICAL METHOD; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASE; ODDS RATIOS; PILOT STUDIES; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS; RADIOLOGY REPORTS; RAPID DETECTION; SEARCH ALGORITHMS;

DIAGNOSIS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; RADIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY;

PULMONARY DISEASES;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650301654     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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