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Natural Language and Text Processing in Biomedicine

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Biomedical Informatics

Part of the book series: Health Informatics ((HI))

Abstract

After reading this chapter, you should know the answers to these questions:

  • Why is natural language processing (NLP) important?

  • What are the potential uses for NLP in the biomedical domain?

  • What forms of knowledge are used in NLP?

  • What are the principal techniques of NLP?

  • What are the challenges for NLP in the clinical domain?

  • What are the challenges for NLP in the biological domain?

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA

    Carol Friedman & Stephen B. Johnson

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032-3720, USA

    Edward H. Shortliffe MD, PhD, MACP  & James J. Cimino MD, FACP  & 

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Friedman, C., Johnson, S.B. (2006). Natural Language and Text Processing in Biomedicine. In: Shortliffe, E.H., Cimino, J.J. (eds) Biomedical Informatics. Health Informatics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36278-9_8

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