BabelMeSH and PICO Linguist in Arabic.
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.
Mahmoud
Mai A
MA
Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar, Doha, Qatar.
Al-Khafaji
Jawad Thamer Jawad
JT
Al-Shorbaji
Najeeb
N
Sara
Kaseem
K
Al-Ubaydli
Mohammad
M
Ghazzaoui
Ramez
R
Liu
Fang
F
Fontelo
Paul
P
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