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Medical diagnosis lost in translation -- Analysis of uncertainty and negation expressions in English and Swedish clinical texts

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: In the English clinical and biomedical text domains, negation and certainty usage are two well-studied phenomena. However, few studies have made an in-depth characterization of uncertainties expressed in a clinical setting, and compared this between different annotation efforts. This preliminary, qualitative study attempts to 1) create a clinical uncertainty and negation taxonomy, 2) develop a translation map to convert annotation labels from an English schema into a Swedish schema, and 3) characterize and compare two data sets using this taxonomy. We define a clinical uncertainty and negation taxonomy and a translation map for converting annotation labels between two schemas and report observed similarities and differences between the two data sets. 1

Authors: Danielle L. Mowery, Sumithra Velupillai, Wendy W. Chapman

Institutions: University of Pittsburgh, Stockholm University, University of California San Diego

Language: English

Topic: Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies

Subfield: Health Informatics

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2101403522

FWCI: 0.858

Cites: 18

Cited by: 16

Related to: 10