Natural Language Processing
"Natural Language Processing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Computer processing of a language with rules that reflect and describe current usage rather than prescribed usage.
| Descriptor ID |
D009323
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| MeSH Number(s) |
L01.224.050.375.580
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| Concept/Terms |
Natural Language Processing- Natural Language Processing
- Language Processing, Natural
- Language Processings, Natural
- Natural Language Processings
- Processing, Natural Language
- Processings, Natural Language
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Natural Language Processing" by people in Profiles.
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Leveraging Foundational Models in Computational Biology: Validation, Understanding, and Innovation. Pac Symp Biocomput. 2025; 30:702-705.
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Accuracy of natural language processors for patients seeking inguinal hernia information. Surg Endosc. 2024 Dec; 38(12):7409-7415.
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Automated Matching of Patients to Clinical Trials: A Patient-Centric Natural Language Processing Approach for Pediatric Leukemia. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2023 07; 7:e2300009.
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ChatGPT: Can a Natural Language Processing Tool Be Trusted for Radiation Oncology Use? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2023 Aug 01; 116(5):977-983.
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Natural language processing of head CT reports to identify intracranial mass effect: CTIME algorithm. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Jan; 51:388-392.
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Improving Prehospital Stroke Diagnosis Using Natural Language Processing of Paramedic Reports. Stroke. 2021 08; 52(8):2676-2679.
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A Literature-Derived Knowledge Graph Augments the Interpretation of Single Cell RNA-seq Datasets. Genes (Basel). 2021 06 10; 12(6).
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Machine Learning and Clinical Informatics for Improving HIV Care Continuum Outcomes. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2021 06; 18(3):229-236.
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AllergyMap: An Open Source Corpus of Allergy Mention Normalizations. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2020; 2020:1249-1257.
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Development of a predictive model for retention in HIV care using natural language processing of clinical notes. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2021 01 15; 28(1):104-112.