Shady, It may have something to do with the configuration files for the dictionary lookup. There are a lot of things in the UMLS that cTAKES filters out by UMLS Type. If you look in the dictionary project, the LookupDesc_Db.xml has a section of properties for the UMLS consumer, and there is a set of types that are included for each semantic group. For example, the "procedure" group has a property "proceduretuis" that includes the types T059, T060, T061. Looking in the UMLS browser, I couldn't find a TUI for "temperature" that the filter will allow. You can experiment with those types to get more permissive concept labeling. You can explore the semantic types using the Semantic Network Browser in the UMLS Terminology services.
Tim On Feb 7, 2013, at 5:33 AM, Shady Hussein wrote: > Hi, > Some concepts are not detected by cTAKES. I want to understand if the > problem is in the UMLS dictionary or it is something else. In my opinion > they are very basic things. > > Consider the following example > > VITAL SIGNS : > Temperature 97.5 , heart rate 90 , blood pressure 104/80 , respiratory rate > 18 . > > Here Temperature, blood pressure and respiratory rate arenot annotated as > Concept. Is there a way to annotate them or enhance the dictionary lookup ? > > -- > Thanks and best Regards, > > Shady AbdelAziz
