title: BabelMeSH and PICO Linguist in Arabic.
abstract: BabelMeSH is a multilanguage search for MEDLINE/PubMed. We created a database of Arabic translations of MeSH terms and other medical terms using MySQL and developed a Web interface for searching MEDLINE/PubMed in Arabic. We evaluated the accuracy of BabelMeSH using a list of medical terms from BMJ Clinical Evidence. The accuracy was 58% (machine scoring) and 65% human review.) The result obtained may be explained by variations in expressing medical terms in Arabic.
authors.affiliation: Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Mai A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mahmoud
authors.forename: Jawad Thamer Jawad
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Al-Khafaji
authors.forename: Najeeb
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Al-Shorbaji
authors.forename: Kaseem
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sara
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Ubaydli
authors.forename: Ramez
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ghazzaoui
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fontelo
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000379:methods*; D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D004018:Dictionaries, Medical as Topic; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D046650:Medical Subject Headings; D008877:Middle East; D009323:Natural Language Processing; D039781:PubMed; D011780:Qatar; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014175:Translating; D014584:User-Computer Interface