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 PERSEUS is just a new medical search-engine
Reprinted in The Targum http://www.dailytargum.com/about-the-targum-1.611628 -------------------------- For individuals who seek medical assistance on the web, Google might quickly end up being out-dated. Am?lie Marian, a pc science assistant professor, and No?mie Elhadad, a informatics assistant professor from Columbia University, are creating a new search-engine for patient-written information named PERSEUS. "When some one looks for?dry mouth,' is the fact that the sign of an illness o-r along side it effect of the treatment?" Marian said. "We wish to allow individuals determine just what it is they're searching for, and then use natural-language processing methods to get that information." PERSEUS, financed by the National Science Foundation and a Research Award, allows customers to make the most of filters to supply the correct information they find from proven on the web boards, she said. The device, which is finished in 2 to 3 years, includes a search engine that recognizes textual styles and structures to come back related benefits, Elhadad said. "You may search for other individuals who have had your situation and read about their activities o-r search for information about cure and what individuals have to say about it," she said. Elhadad said PERSEUS' advantage is based on the trust people have in social networks. They're more honest in discussing their health issues on the web under a veil of privacy, while individuals might keep private information they consider uncomfortable from their doctors, she said. "Our objective would be to help individuals find psychological support in social networks and to-let them depend on one another for certain details about their symptoms or even a treatment," Elhadad said. "It isn't designed to change a medical specialist, however it is simple to use and anybody may use it." Healthcare professionals is likely to be able make use of the instrument to locate common issues individuals have about solutions o-r signs and be more prepared to deal with them throughout sessions, Marian said. Medical scientists may use PERSEUS to acquire feedback about medications o-r medical devices, she said. Elhadad said some hurdles the project encounters are the consistency of data received from online forums and the process of examining language because situation. "Obviously, not all data from online boards will be correct," Elhadad said. "But where mistakes are often fixed by other people inside a few hours we attempt to research in large social networks. It'll function as the individual who determines what's not" and what guidance is trusted. On the web boards frequently include mis-spellings, slang and free grammar, which presents a problem for digital natural-language processing, she said. By creating improved methods for machine-learning and statistical pat-tern recognition, Elhadad made the search-tool identify these aberrations. "Unlike news reports o-r devoted texts compiled by medical professionals, people publishing on boards have no standard voice," she said. "The medicine Tamoxifen might be called by its brands Tamofen or Tamone or might even be misspelled. We have to plan the device to get on these deviations." Ethan Jiang, a of Sciences and Arts sophomore, believes the device will soon be useful in detecting himself when he's ill. "Whenever I feel ill and don't understand what the thing is, I usually search on the internet first," he explained. "If it generally does not appear severe, I might save a visit to myself to the physician. Then all of the better", if this device could make queries easier. (Note: A duplicate of the initial news story might be received from her http://www.dailytargum.com/universit...gine-1.2456391)
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