In this chapter we investigate how a generic technique, such
as Damerau (1964) method, can be suitably applied to medical settings to improve
the system, to make a system more ???intelligent??? in assisting users in seeking information.
Before looking at the generic architecture we analyze the functionality of
Ontology-Based Spell ng Correct on for Search ng Med cal Informat on
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two popular existing commercial medical spell checkers. The problem with using
commercial products is high cost and lack of flexibility, which can be achieved with
customized development.
Analysis. of. Medical. Spell. Checkers
We studied medical spell checkers to see how useful they were in dealing with correcting
spelling errors in medical portals. The following two commercial products
are available in assisting users with difficult medical terminology and names of
medications. Spellex (www.spellex.com) and MediSpell (www.medispell.com) were
identified as the most popular and comprehensive packages.
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