Hi Pei, the content of the new files is duplicated again, e.g., see I2B2Evaluation.java
No idea what caused that... Best, Peter Am 11.03.2016 um 11:32 schrieb Peter Klügl: > Hi, > > thanks for the notes and links, Andy and Guergana. The software and > articles are very interesting, but, as for my personal interest, we have > our own clinical deidentification software solution at our company > (which works good enough as far as I know). My focus is rather on > helping out in translating the contribution from GATE/JAPE to UIMA/Ruta. > Thus, I concentrate on the existing functionality for now. > > What is the final goal of the cTAKES comunity concerning clinical deid > components? Will both sandbox projects be merged, what about statistical > approaches? > > @Pei: there was again a problem with the patch (I also missed to add > some files). I attached a new one. > > @Azad: I am just curious on which data the rules exactly rely. I think > I'll find the information in the article. > I assume that the 521 docuemnts have been utilized to develop the rules > and the 269 documents to evaluate them. Did you correct the rules also > using the second set? I need to reread to article :-) > > Best, > > Peter > > > Am 10.03.2016 um 23:22 schrieb andy mcmurry: >> *** For cross-validation, you can evaluate de-identified notes data from >> i2b2 challenge** * >> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ctakes/sandbox/ctakes-scrubber-deid/data/models/ >> >> *Methods for model generation of FeatureSet described here: * >> >> *Improved de-identification of physician notes through integrative modeling >> of both public and private medical text* >> http://bmcmedinformdecismak.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6947-13-112 >> >> Major objective of that study was to help provide external examples to >> cross train / retrain other methods. >> >> hope this helps, >> --Andy >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Savova, Guergana < >> guergana.sav...@childrens.harvard.edu> wrote: >> >>> You can re-build the models that feed into MIST. I personally would not >>> use the default model that MIST comes with as it is not trained on clinical >>> data. In our previous work we found that hand-annotating about 200 docs for >>> PHI (representative of the sample you are going to run the models on) >>> results in building a pretty good model - in the 90's for p, r and f1. >>> However, even with that high performance, the institution that owns the >>> data might be still reluctant to share as it might pose a violation of >>> HIPAA through some potential PHI leaks. In cTAKES our approach has been to >>> de-couple the de-identifcation from the NLP/information extraction. If a >>> user has the need for de-identified data, they could choose their method -- >>> manual or otherwise -- and then process through cTAKES. Our focus is the >>> NLP/IE space, while de-identification is a blend of that plus policy.... >>> >>> --Guergana >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Azad Dehghan [mailto:azad.dehg...@gmail.com] >>> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 4:19 PM >>> To: dev@ctakes.apache.org >>> Subject: RE: Combining Knowledge- and Data-driven Methods for >>> De-identification of Clinical Narratives >>> >>> Thanks Guergana. >>> >>>> Yes, the current release of cTAKES has a module for the temporal >>> expressions which includes dates. The normalizer for the temporal >>> expressions is Steven Bethard's timenorm code. >>> Great. >>> >>>> However, if you do de-identification of dates/temporal expressions, >>>> you >>> run the risk of creating incorrect timelines as many of the relative >>> temporal expressions (e.g. spring of this year, x-mas time, etc.) are >>> unlikely to be correctly shifted by any de-identification tool. >>> Indeed, a reason I have not included the dates component. >>> >>>> One de-identification tool is MIST -- >>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mist-2Ddeid.sourceforge.net_&d=BQIFaQ&c=qS4goWBT7poplM69zy_3xhKwEW14JZMSdioCoppxeFU&r=SeLHlpmrGNnJ9mI2WCgf_wwQk9zL4aIrVmfBoSi-j0kfEcrO4yRGmRCJNAr-rCmP&m=FlURWGr18rKbgM76o8Hxoo1rbC2D2h-kk611lbKnPik&s=5awdXn2I-hRE0-161tqFDGgmYgQQviQg360uHI4fs2s&e= >>> . >>> I don't remember them doing well in the community held evaluation in 2014. >>> Hence, cDeid :) >>>> Guergana Savova, PhD, FACMI >>>> Associate Professor >>>> PI Natural Language Processing Lab >>>> Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School >>>> 300 Longwood Avenue >>>> Mailstop: BCH3092 >>>> Enders 144.1 >>>> Boston, MA 02115 >>>> Tel: (617) 919-2972 >>>> Fax: (617) 730-0817 >>>> Harvard Scholar: >>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__scholar.harvard.ed >>>> u_guergana-5Fk-5Fsavova_biocv&d=BQIFaQ&c=qS4goWBT7poplM69zy_3xhKwEW14J >>>> ZMSdioCoppxeFU&r=SeLHlpmrGNnJ9mI2WCgf_wwQk9zL4aIrVmfBoSi-j0kfEcrO4yRGm >>>> RCJNAr-rCmP&m=FlURWGr18rKbgM76o8Hxoo1rbC2D2h-kk611lbKnPik&s=3taiTxFp55 >>>> iQUnc6A6Yemg-XzFQrRjo5QZRQeKHQ29c&e= >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Azad Dehghan [mailto:azad.dehg...@gmail.com] >>>> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 3:42 PM >>>> To: dev@ctakes.apache.org >>>> Subject: Re: Combining Knowledge- and Data-driven Methods for >>> De-identification of Clinical Narratives >>>>> This means both training data folders? I have access to the data but >>>>> not >>>> to the challenge description. >>>> >>>> Yes. Is there any specific information that you are missing? >>>>>> It would be good to incorporate/refactor (basically, GATE API needs >>>>>> to be replaced with UIMA API to generate annotation) the two-pass >>>>>> recognition method for cTAKES - which has a wider application on >>> longitudinal data. >>>>>> This method is used on-top of a number NERs. >>>>> I'll take a look. >>>>> >>>>> I do not know how much time I can invest this month. Let's see how >>>>> many >>>> phases I can translate. >>>>> I added the rules for age. Are there jape rules for creating date >>>> annotations? >>>> No. I believe cTAKES has existing component(s) to capture dates? >>>> >>>>> After all rules are translated, they need some major refactoring. >>>>> Jape >>>> and Ruta are quite different in some aspects. >>>> Ok. >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Please let me know where I can help. I will be available again in >>> April. >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Azad >>>>>> >>>>>> On 10 March 2016 at 13:13, Peter Klügl <peter.klu...@averbis.com> >>> wrote: >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> sorry, I was quite busy last month. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I added a new patch, which needs to be applied. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> No new rules, but it's possible now to evaluate everything against >>>>>>> the labelled data of the challenge. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> @Azad: >>>>>>> Which documents exactly did you use to develop the rules? >>>>>>> training-PHI-Gold-Set1, training-PHI-Gold-Set2 or >>>> testing-PHI-Gold-fixed? >>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Peter >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Am 03.02.2016 um 09:05 schrieb Peter Klügl: >>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> the last patch fixed almost all problems. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I added another one that adds the csv file for the unit test and >>>> extends >>>>>>>> svn-ignore. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Peter >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Am 02.02.2016 um 09:16 schrieb Peter Klügl: >>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I added another patch. I missed to manually add one test file to >>>> version >>>>>>>>> control, and there are still duplicate lines. >>>>>>>>> I hope this patch fixes the remaining problems. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Peter >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Am 29.01.2016 um 10:34 schrieb Peter Klügl: >>>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> the problems were caused by the svn client in my Eclipse. Sorry >>>>>>>>>> for >>>> the >>>>>>>>>> trouble, I should have looked more closely at the ciomplete patch. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I attached a new patch created with commandline tools wich >>>>>>>>>> looks >>>>>>> correct >>>>>>>>>> now. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Pei, can you apply the new patch? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Peter >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Am 28.01.2016 um 15:57 schrieb Peter Klügl: >>>>>>>>>>> Thanks Pei. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I fear there was again a problem with the patch. All new files >>>>>>>>>>> are missing (and also the svn-ignore settings). >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Can you take a look? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Peter >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Am 28.01.2016 um 14:43 schrieb Pei Chen: >>>>>>>>>>>> patch applied. >>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>>>>>> Pei >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 4:14 AM, Peter Klügl < >>>>>>> peter.klu...@averbis.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Pei, >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> can you commit the recent patch for us? >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> CTAKES-384-20160120.patch >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Peter >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Am 20.01.2016 um 19:35 schrieb Pei Chen: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sorry I was swamped recently. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> But yeah, we can even create an extended type system to >>>>>>>>>>>>>> store >>>>>>> these items temporarily and add them into the main/core type >>>>>>> system afterwards. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> There was an existing item to upgrade UIMA, but agreed- it >>>>>>>>>>>>>> will >>>>>>> require much more testing. If it works, we can upgrade it in our >>>> sandbox >>>>>>> area or create a branch if necessary. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> —Pei >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 18, 2016, at 9:06 AM, Peter Klügl < >>>>>>> peter.klu...@averbis.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a new patch is attached. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @Pei: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are there suitable annotation types in the cTAKES type >>> system? >>>>>>> Some >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> project in cTAKES uses something like OntologyMatch... I >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> map it >>>> to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> IdentifiedAnnotation right now, but there are many empty >>>>>>> features... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @Azad: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I changed the rules a bit, especially the capitalization >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> like I >>>>>>> use it >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in ruta normally. The wordlist are compiled to a trie by >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the >>>> maven >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> plugin. I also added the two regexes for url and email. I >>>>>>> extended the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> regex for the url. I also changed the evaluation order of >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> some >>>>>>> rules >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (with @). Feel free to add simple examples to examples.csv >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for >>>>>>> the unit >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tests. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Let me know if you need more information about the changes. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do you wanna have help with the other rule sets? Or should >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> we >>>>>>> split them up? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Peter >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Am 18.01.2016 um 11:04 schrieb Peter Klügl: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> great. I will integrate them in the project and in the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> next >>>>>>> patch. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Peter >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Am 18.01.2016 um 00:58 schrieb Azad Dehghan: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Three NERs translated and uploaded. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PS. I will validate all NERs once we have them all >>> completed. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Azad >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 24 November 2015 at 10:37, Azad Dehghan < >>>>>>> azad.dehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is on my todo list for Dec. as well. If there are >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> any >>>>>>> more volunteers >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for translating JAPE to RUTA, please get in touch. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Azad >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 24 Nov 2015 09:55, "Peter Klügl" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <peter.klu...@averbis.com >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I just wanted to mention that I haven't forgot about it. >>>>>>> Unfortunately, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there is just no spare time right now. I hope I will >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be able >>>>>>> to provide >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the patches in December. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Peter >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Am 06.11.2015 um 16:40 schrieb Pei Chen: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Peter, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think the ctakes-examples is probably a good >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> starting >>>>>>> point at least >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in terms of maven modules, etc. I think it would be >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> good >>>> if >>>>>>> we use >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> uimaFIT style as primary approach to wiring >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> components >>>>>>> together and >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> generate desc's as secondary... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think the actual components that would be required >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is >>>>>>> probably best >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> left up to what is actually required for best >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> performing >>>>>>> c-deid. The >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> output would be interesting, I'm not sure if we >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> should >>>> treat >>>>>>> this as >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> an independent preprocessing component or part of a >>>> pipeline >>>>>>> (in which >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> case, we may need to propose a change to the type >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> system or >>>>>>> perhaps an >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> alternative JCas view. You can probably open up that >>>>>>> discussion to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the dev group as you see fit.) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My 2 cents... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 3:38 AM, Peter Klügl < >>>>>>> peter.klu...@averbis.com> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is there a cTAKES project that may serve as an >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> example on >>>>>>> how the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cTAKES >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> community develops or how a project should look like? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I learned that different people set up UIMA project >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in a >>>>>>> quite >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> different >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> manner and I do not what to get inspired by "some >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sort of >>>>>>> out-dated" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> approach in the cTAKES repo. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Are there restriction or preferences about the >>>> preprocessing >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> components >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that should be used and the kind of "output" of the >>>> project. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Components: On which components may the componetns >>> rely: >>>>>>> tokenizer, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> parser, ... dict lookup? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "output": Should the project provide a pipeline or a >>>> single >>>>>>> AE? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> More comments below. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Am 03.11.2015 um 16:54 schrieb Azad Dehghan: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Who else plans to provide patches for it? Just to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> avoid >>>>>>> duplicate >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> work >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and to coordnate the efforts ... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I would like to help with the translating JAPE to >>> RUTA. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You can already go ahead with the UIMA Ruta >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Workbench if >>>>>>> you want, or >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wait until I set up the project with ruta integration. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If any questions arise, just ask :-) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is there a development dataset which was utilized >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for >>>> the >>>>>>> initial >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> development, and if yes, is it possible to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> contribute it >>>>>>> too? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The data set is unfortunately not publicly >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> available; >>>> i2b2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A_ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> _www.i2b2.org_NLP_DataSets_Main.php&d=BQIFaQ&c=qS4g >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> oW >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BT7poplM69zy_3xhKwEW14JZMSdioCoppxeFU&r=SeLHlpmrGNn >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> J9 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mI2WCgf_wwQk9zL4aIrVmfBoSi-j0kfEcrO4yRGmRCJNAr-rCmP >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> &m >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> =1Qpd4A2PgVD13w31PkkvmJf6I0PTCatCzgBgsnetPOg&s=aAEe >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> OR yMtz7NCv-6EEgiABVY_Rf6zLnJghQh2DA_CKQ&e= > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> typically >>>>>>> releases the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> data >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sets 12 months after a given challenge; this is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> done on >>>> an >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> individual basis >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and involve a Data Use Agreement. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> However, I will be able to conduct and coordinate >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>> validation. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ok, I'll investigate if we have already access to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>> dataset here. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My first step would be: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - set up a maven project >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - set up a development pipeline in a test (with >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cTAKES >>>>>>> components >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> replacing the previous ANNIE preprocessing) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But one item that we need to review is the 3rd >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> party >>>> libs >>>>>>> jars that >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> were included to ensure compatibility. I’ll be >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sure to >>>>>>> take a look >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> at >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that over the next few weeks. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> —Pei >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @Pei - once ANNIE components are replaced there is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> should >>>>>>> not be a >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> need to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> worry about the 3rd party libs. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also, just a thought: we may want to create an >>>> independent >>>>>>> component >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Two Pass recognition (TwoPass.java) as this >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> method >>>>>>> have shown >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> useful >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for general NER on longitudinal data and surely >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> useful >>>>>>> independent >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> deid component. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Azad >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
