"Automation" 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.
Controlled operation of an apparatus, process, or system by mechanical or electronic devices that take the place of human organs of observation, effort, and decision. (From Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 1993)
| Descriptor ID |
D001331
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| MeSH Number(s) |
J01.897.104
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Automation" by people in this website by year, and whether "Automation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2015 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2016 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2019 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2020 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Automation" by people in Profiles.
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Automated and Decentralized Genomic Profiling of Plasma Cell-Free DNA for Identification of Targetable and Resistance Alterations in Advanced Solid Tumors. Clin Chem. 2025 Jun 03; 71(6):700-712.
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Implementation of a Real-Time Documentation Assistance Tool: Automated Diagnosis (AutoDx). Appl Clin Inform. 2024 May; 15(3):501-510.
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Automated tumor immunophenotyping predicts clinical benefit from anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy. J Pathol. 2024 06; 263(2):190-202.
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Shape Matters: A Neglected Feature of Medication Safety : Why Regulating the Shape of Medication Containers Can Improve Medication Safety. J Med Syst. 2022 Dec 31; 47(1):6.
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Testing the reproducibility and robustness of the cancer biology literature by robot. J R Soc Interface. 2022 04; 19(189):20210821.
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Pursuing Data Modernization in Cancer Surveillance by Developing a Cloud-Based Computing Platform: Real-Time Cancer Case Collection. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2021 01; 5:24-29.
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Automation failures and patient safety. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2020 Dec; 33(6):788-792.
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Enrichment of circulating tumor-derived extracellular vesicles from human plasma. J Immunol Methods. 2021 03; 490:112936.
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Automated microfluidic platform for dynamic and combinatorial drug screening of tumor organoids. Nat Commun. 2020 10 19; 11(1):5271.
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Automatic multi-needle localization in ultrasound images using large margin mask RCNN for ultrasound-guided prostate brachytherapy. Phys Med Biol. 2020 10 09; 65(20):205003.