[Application of regular expression in extracting key information from Chinese medicine literatures about re-evaluation of post-marketing surveillance]

Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 2011 Oct;36(20):2888-90.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Computerizing extracting information from Chinese medicine literature seems more convenient than hand searching, which could simplify searching process and improve the accuracy. However, many computerized auto-extracting methods are increasingly used, regular expression is so special that could be efficient for extracting useful information in research. This article focused on regular expression applying in extracting information from Chinese medicine literature. Two practical examples were reported in this article about regular expression to extract "case number (non-terminology)" and "efficacy rate (subgroups for related information identification)", which explored how to extract information in Chinese medicine literature by means of some special research method.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Artificial Intelligence*
  • Information Storage and Retrieval
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional*
  • Product Surveillance, Postmarketing*