A deep learning model incorporating part of speech and self-matching attention for named entity recognition of Chinese electronic medical records

Abstract Background The Named Entity Recognition (NER) task as a key step in the extraction of health information, has encountered many challenges in Chinese Electronic Medical Records (EMRs). Firstly, the casual use of Chinese abbreviations and doctors’ personal style may result in multiple express...

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Main Authors: Xiaoling Cai, Shoubin Dong, Jinlong Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12911-019-0762-7