ABS: Morris, Visualizing the structure of medical informatics using term co-occurrence analysis

[Gretchen Whitney]

> Author's email address: theodore.morris at uc.edu
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> TITLE:          Visualizing the structure of medical informatics using
>                 term co-occurrence analysis (Article, English)
> AUTHOR:         Morris, T
> SOURCE:         ASIS 2000: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 63RD ASIS ANNUAL MEETING,
>                 VOL 37, 2000 37. 2000. p.209-218 INFORMATION TODAY INC,
>                 MEDFORD
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> ABSTRACT:       This study seeks to provide a better understanding of the
> structure of Medical Informatics and the relationship between biomedicine
> and information science/information technology that is, by definition
> "Medical Informatics. Using co-occurrence analysis of subject headings
> assigned to items indexed for MEDLINE, the structure of Medical
> Informatics can be visualized from a biomedical perspective. While some
> interferences arise from the Medical Subject Headings Tree Structures
> polyhierarchy, results show seven to eight broad subject clusters arrayed
> along dimensions of "techniques vs. systems" and "signs & symptoms vs.
> processes."

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