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Phrasing structure for the narrative display of findings

  • US 5,802,495 A
  • Filed: 03/01/1996
  • Issued: 09/01/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for generating sentences of text, for selected medical finding in an electronic medical diagnostic system, comprising the steps of:

  • creating a descriptive phrase for each finding;

    analyzing each descriptive phrase to determine possible truncation points for modifying the descriptive phrase of one medical finding if another medical finding is also selected;

    entering a code at each possible truncation point;

    creating language to be inserted at each coded truncation point;

    storing said descriptive phrases and modifying language in a hierarchical database wherein lower layered modifying language modifies higher layered phrases; and

    combining stored descriptive phrases and modifying language to form written text from said selected medical findings according to the codes entered into each descriptive phrase.

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