2023
Towards precise PICO extraction from abstracts of randomized controlled trials using a section-specific learning approach
Hu Y, Keloth V, Raja K, Chen Y, Xu H. Towards precise PICO extraction from abstracts of randomized controlled trials using a section-specific learning approach. Bioinformatics 2023, 39: btad542. PMID: 37669123, PMCID: PMC10500081, DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btad542.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNatural language processingMicro-F1 scoreCOVID-19 datasetNLP pipelineF1 scoreEntity recognition modelAD datasetPICO elementsSentence classificationNER modelRecognition modelLanguage processingLearning approachLearning modelEnd evaluationSupplementary dataDatasetPipelineExtractionInformationRCT abstractsAnnotationSentencesBioinformaticsComplexity
2019
A study of deep learning approaches for medication and adverse drug event extraction from clinical text
Wei Q, Ji Z, Li Z, Du J, Wang J, Xu J, Xiang Y, Tiryaki F, Wu S, Zhang Y, Tao C, Xu H. A study of deep learning approaches for medication and adverse drug event extraction from clinical text. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2019, 27: 13-21. PMID: 31135882, PMCID: PMC6913210, DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocz063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDeep learning-based approachDeep learning approachLearning-based approachTraditional machineLearning approachNational NLP Clinical ChallengesAdverse drug event extractionOutperform traditional machineDifferent ensemble approachesConditional Random FieldsSequence labeling approachMIMIC-III databaseEvent extractionMedical domainEntity recognitionClassification componentF1 scoreClinical textRelation extractionClinical documentsVector machineEnd evaluationEnsemble approachClinical corpusMachine
2018
Extraction of BI-RADS findings from breast ultrasound reports in Chinese using deep learning approaches
Miao S, Xu T, Wu Y, Xie H, Wang J, Jing S, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Yang Y, Zhang X, Shan T, Wang L, Xu H, Wang S, Liu Y. Extraction of BI-RADS findings from breast ultrasound reports in Chinese using deep learning approaches. International Journal Of Medical Informatics 2018, 119: 17-21. PMID: 30342682, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2018.08.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLearning-based methodsBreast ultrasound reportsElectronic health record systemsTraditional machine learning-based methodsDeep learning-based approachDeep learning-based methodsNatural language processing methodsMachine learning-based methodsDeep learning technologyConditional random field algorithmDeep learning approachLanguage processing methodsLearning-based approachUltrasound reportsBreast cancer researchRule-based methodHealth record systemsBreast radiology reportsLearning technologyNLP approachLearning approachField algorithmDetailed clinical informationWide adoptionRecord system
2017
Knowledge-Based Approach for Named Entity Recognition in Biomedical Literature: A Use Case in Biomedical Software Identification
Amith M, Zhang Y, Xu H, Tao C. Knowledge-Based Approach for Named Entity Recognition in Biomedical Literature: A Use Case in Biomedical Software Identification. Lecture Notes In Computer Science 2017, 10351: 386-395. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-60045-1_40.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEntity recognitionNatural language processingContextual semantic informationNamed Entity RecognitionEntity recognition methodFeatures of ontologyMachine learning approachesKnowledge-based approachSoftware entitiesSoftware namesInformation extractionUse casesBiomedical softwareSemantic informationSoftware identificationLanguage processingRecognition methodLearning approachBiomedical literatureRecognitionOntologyEntitiesSoftwareResearch abstractsTask
2013
Applying active learning to high-throughput phenotyping algorithms for electronic health records data
Chen Y, Carroll R, Hinz E, Shah A, Eyler A, Denny J, Xu H. Applying active learning to high-throughput phenotyping algorithms for electronic health records data. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2013, 20: e253-e259. PMID: 23851443, PMCID: PMC3861916, DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2013-001945.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsActive learningUnrefined featuresSupervised Machine Learning AlgorithmsRefined featuresPhenotyping algorithmElectronic health record dataMachine Learning AlgorithmsHealth record dataVenous thromboembolismRheumatoid arthritisFeature engineeringDomain expertsDomain knowledgePhenotyping tasksLearning algorithmFeature setsLearning approachColorectal cancerAL approachCurve scorePassive learning approachHigh-throughput phenotyping methodsAlgorithmSmall setRecord data