Feasibility of feature-based indexing, clustering, and search of clinical trials

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 382-394

  Boland, M R ^a   Miotto, R ^a   Gao, J ^a   Weng, C ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Eligibility determination; Knowledge representation; Medical informatics; Search engine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DATA MINING; DOCUMENTATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; SEARCH ENGINE; YOUNG ADULT;

CLINICAL TRIALS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; SEARCH ENGINE;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA MINING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SEARCH ENGINE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886524717     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME12-01-0092     Document Type: Article

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