A unified medical language system (UMLS) based system for literature-based discovery in medicine

Matteo Gabetta, Cristiana Larizza, Riccardo Bellazzi

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Abstract

Literature-Based Discovery (LBD) is a technique that can be used in translational research to connect the very sparse and huge information available in scientific publications in order to extract new knowledge. This paper presents an LBD system based on the open discovery paradigm exploiting NLP techniques and UMLS medical concepts mapping, to provide a set of tools useful to discover unknown relationships. The system has been evaluated on the problem of discovering new candidate genes potentially related to dilated cardiomyopathies (DCM), and can be used in any medical context to connect different type of concepts. The validation of the system involves reproducing the discovery of genes currently associated to DCM. Validation showed that the system is able to discover many gene-disease associations by using the literature available before their first publication in a scientific article.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
Pages412-416
Number of pages5
Volume192
Edition1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, MEDINFO 2013 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Duration: Aug 20 2013 → Aug 23 2013

Other

Other14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, MEDINFO 2013
CountryDenmark
CityCopenhagen
Period8/20/13 → 8/23/13

Keywords

  • Literature-Based Discovery
  • NLP
  • UMLS

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Health Informatics
  • Health Information Management
  • Medicine(all)

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