Creating a Text Classifier to Detect Radiology Reports Describing Mediastinal Findings Associated with Inhalational Anthrax and Other Disorders
Authors:
- Wendy Webber ChapmanWCWendy Webber Chapman
- Paul HanburyPHPaul Hanbury
Open Access
- 1 September 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
- Vol. 10 (5) , 494-503
Abstract
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