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Chapter.XVI
Ontology-Based..
Spelling.Correction..
for.Searching..
Medical.Information
Jane Moon, Monash Un vers ty, Austral a
Frada Burste n, Monash Un vers ty, Austral a
Abstract
There has been a paradigm shift in medical practice. More and more consumers are
using the Internet as a source for medical information even before seeing a doctor.
The well known fact is that medical terms are often hard to spell. Despite advances
in technology, the Internet is still producing futile searches when the search terms
are misspelled. Often consumers are frustrated with irrelevant information they
retrieve as a result of misspelling. An ontology-based search is one way of assisting
users in correcting their spelling errors when searching for medical information.
This chapter reviews the types of spelling errors that adults make and identifies
current technology available to overcome the problem.
Ontology-Based Spell ng Correct on for Search ng Med cal Informat on
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