Google-based search tool mines RIS data

May 1, 2008 Google-based search tool mines RIS data Douglas Page -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radiology text and image data account for a significant portion of patient electronic medical record information in hospital archives, yet few means exist to aid radiologists in extracting relevant information from these databases. Recent work adds a new data mining tool in the form of a secure Google-based search engine. "Radiologists are just scratching the surface of utilizing the information that exists in their RIS/PACS archives," said Dr. Joseph P. Erinjeri, an interventional radiology fellow at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

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