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A hybrid medical text classification framework: Integrating attentive rule construction and neural network.
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Neurocomputing . Jul2021, Vol. 443, p345-355. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The main objective of this work is to improve the quality and transparency of the medical text classification solutions. Conventional text classification methods provide users with only a restricted mechanism (based on frequency) for selecting features. In this paper, a three-stage hybrid method combining the gated attention-based bi-directional Long Short-Term Memory (ABLSTM) and the regular expression based classifier is proposed for medical text classification tasks. The bi-directional Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) architecture with an attention layer allows the network to weigh words according to their perceived importance and focus on crucial parts of a sentence. Feature words (or keywords) extracted by ABLSTM model are utilized to guide the regular expression rule construction. Our proposed approach leverages the advantages of both the interpretability of rule-based algorithms and the computational power of deep learning approaches for a production-ready scenario. Experimental results on real-world medical online query data clearly validate the superiority of our system in selecting domain-specific and topic-related features. Results show that the proposed approach achieves an accuracy of 0.89 and an F 1 -score of 0.92 respectively. Furthermore, our experimentation also illustrates the versatility of regular expressions as a user-level tool for focusing on desired patterns and providing interpretable solutions for human modification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *MEDICAL coding
*DEEP learning
*HYBRID systems
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09252312
- Volume :
- 443
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Neurocomputing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 150103684
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2021.02.069