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Fang Liu

Fang
Liu
Staff Scientist
Location: 
38A
/
B1N30N
Phone Number: (
301
) 
827-4967
E-mail: 
fliu@mail.nih.gov
Expertise and Research Interests: 
  • Handheld device applications
  • Medical image search engines
  • Multi-language search engines
  • Nature language processing for evidence-based medicine
  • Web-based search engines
Publications/Tools by Fang Liu: 
Gartrell K, Brennan CW, Wallen GR, Liu F, Smith KG, Fontelo P. Clinicians' perceptions of usefulness of the PubMed4Hh mobile device application for clinical decision making at the point of care: a pilot study. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2018 May 8;18(1):27. doi: 10.1186/s12911-018-0607-9.
Abstract | PMID:  29739392 | PMCID:  PMC5941474
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Gimbel RW, Pirrallo RG, Lowe SC, Wright DW, Zhang L, Woo MJ, Fontelo P, Liu F, Connor Z. Effect of clinical decision rules, patient cost and malpractice information on clinician brain CT image ordering: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2018 Mar 12;18(1):20. doi: 10.1186/s12911-018-0602-1.
Abstract | PMID:  29530029 | PMCID:  PMC5848437
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Gardner C, Liu F, Fontelo P, Flanagan MC, Hoang A, Burke HB. Assessing the usability by clinicians of VISION: A hierarchical display of patient-collected physiological information to clinicians. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2017 Apr 14;17(1):41. doi: 10.1186/s12911-017-0435-3.
Abstract | PMID:  28410579 | PMCID:  PMC5391572
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Ekong D, Liu F, Brown G, Ghosh A, Fontelo P. Evaluation of Android Smartphones for Telepathology. J Pathol Inform. 2017 Apr 10;8:16. doi: 10.4103/jpi.jpi_93_16. eCollection 2017.
Abstract | PMID:  28480119 | PMCID:  PMC5404633
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Fontelo P, Liu F, Uy RC. How does evidence affect clinical decision-making? Evid Based Med. 2015 Oct;20(5):156-61. doi: 10.1136/ebmed-2015-110250. Epub 2015 Sep 2.
Abstract | PMID:  26337628 | PMCID:  PMC5406669
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Fontelo P, Liu F, Yagi Y. Evaluation of a smartphone for telepathology: Lessons learned. J Pathol Inform. 2015 Jun 23;6:35. doi: 10.4103/2153-3539.158912. eCollection 2015.
Abstract | PMID:  26167379 | PMCID:  PMC4485193
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Bunt CW, Burke HB, Towbin AJ, Hoang A, Stephens MB, Fontelo P, Liu F, Gimbel RW. Point-of-Care Estimated Radiation Exposure and Imaging Guidelines Can Reduce Pediatric Radiation Burden. J Am Board Fam Med. 2015 May-Jun;28(3):343-50. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.03.140251.
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Burke HB, Sessums LL, Hoang A, Becher DA, Fontelo P, Liu F, Stephens M, Pangaro LN, O'Malley PG, Baxi NS, Bunt CW, Capaldi VF 2nd, Chen JM, Cooper BA, Djuric DA, Hodge JA, Kane S, Magee C, Makary ZR, Mallory RM, Miller T, Saperstein A, Servey J, Gimbel RW. Electronic health records improve clinical note quality. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2015 Jan;22(1):199-205. doi: 10.1136/amiajnl-2014-002726. Epub 2014 Oct 23.
Abstract | PMID:  25342178 | PMCID:  PMC4433367
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Burke HB, Hoang A, Becher D, Fontelo P, Liu F, Stephens M, Pangaro LN, Sessums LL, O'Malley P, Baxi NS, Bunt CW, Capaldi VF, Chen JM, Cooper BA, Djuric DA, Hodge JA, Kane S, Magee C, Makary ZR, Mallory RM, Miller T, Saperstein A, Servey J, Gimbel RW. QNOTE: an instrument for measuring the quality of EHR clinical notes. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2014 Sep-Oct;21(5):910-6. doi: 10.1136/amiajnl-2013-002321. Epub 2014 Jan 2.
Abstract | PMID:  24384231 | PMCID:  PMC4147610
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Sheets L, Liu F, Sarmiento RF, Gavino A, Fontelo P. Optimizing the txt2MEDLINE search portal for low-resource clinical decision support. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2013 Nov 16;2013:1277-81. eCollection 2013.
Abstract | PMID:  24551407 | PMCID:  PMC3900144
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Fontelo P, Liu F. Mobile app versus Web app: a comparison using 2008-2012 "PubMed for Handhelds" server data. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2013 Nov 16;2013:445-50. eCollection 2013.
Abstract | PMID:  24551349 | PMCID:  PMC3900190
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Gimbel RW, Fontelo P, Stephens MB, Olsen CH, Bunt C, Ledford CJ, Loveland Cook CA, Liu F, Burke HB. Radiation exposure and cost influence physician medical image decision making: a randomized controlled trial. Med Care. 2013 Jul;51(7):628-32. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182928fd5.
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Sarmiento RF, Liu F, Fontelo P. A Cross-Language Mobile Resource for Accessing MEDLINE/PubMed Based on an Open-Source, Crowdsourced Controlled Medical Vocabulary for the Philippines. Journal of Mobile Technology in Medicine. 2012 Dec;1:4S:28. DOI: 10.7309/jmtm.50.
Abstract | URL:  http://www.journalmtm.com/2012/a-cross-language-mobile-resource-for-accessing-me...
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Fontelo P, Liu F. An Analysis of "PubMed for Handhelds" Server Utilization [Poster]. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium]; 2012 Nov 3-7; Chicago. p. 1736.
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Liu F, Fontelo P, Gavino A. ClinicalTrials and DailyMed Links from Translational Science Search [Poster]. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium]; 2012 Nov 3-7; Chicago. p. 1841.
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Sheets L, Gavino A, Liu F, Fontelo P. Usability of Selected Databases for Low-Resource Clinical Decision Support [Poster]. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium]; 2012 Nov 3-7; Chicago. p. 1939.
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Sheets L, Callaghan F, Gavino A, Liu F, Fontelo P. Usability of selected databases for low-resource clinical decision support. Applied Clinical Informatics. 2012;3(3):326-33. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4338/ACI-2012-06-RA-0024.
Abstract | URL:  http://aci.schattauer.de/de/contents/archive/issue/1559/manuscript/18167.html
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Armstrong K, Liu F, Seymour A, Mazhani L, Littman-Quinn R, Fontelo P, Kovarik C. Evaluation of txt2MEDLINE and development of short messaging service-optimized, clinical practice guidelines in Botswana. Telemed J E Health. 2012 Jan-Feb;18(1):14-7. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2011.0014. Epub 2011 Dec 7.
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Fontelo P, Liu F. Finding translational science publications in MEDLINE/PubMed with translational science filters. Clin Transl Sci. 2011 Dec;4(6):455-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-8062.2011.00320.x. Epub 2011 Nov 7.
Abstract | PMID:  22212228 | PMCID:  PMC3252209
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Liu F, Fontelo P. Using Social Networking Resources to Search MEDLINE/PubMed, a Practice Guidelines Database and Journal Club. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium]; 2011 Oct 22-26; Washington DC. p. 1864.
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Fontelo P, Liu F, Banez RJ. Mobile Devices, Smartphones and ‘PubMed for Handhelds’. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium]; 2010 Nov 13-17; Washington DC. p. 1044.
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Banez RJ, Fontelo P, Marcelo AB, Liu F. QRefer: Using 2D-Barcode Technology for Patient Referral Systems. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium]; 2010 Nov 13-17; Washington DC. p. 975.
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Kovarik C, Fontelo P, Liu F, Armstrong K, Littman-Quinn R, Banez R, Seymour A, Shih T, Mazhani L. txt2MEDLINE and SMS Practice Guidelines for Clinicians in Botswana. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium]; 2010 Nov 13-17; Washington DC. p. 1043.
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Liu F, Fontelo P. Automatic translations of MEDLINE abstracts using Google Translate. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium]; 2010 Nov 13-17; Washington DC. p. 1148.
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Fontelo P, Liu F. Are Consensus MEDLINE Abstracts Useful For Guiding Clinical Decisions? Evidence 2010 -- Transforming Healthcare; 2010 Nov 1-2; BMA House, London.
Abstract | URL:  http://www.evidence2010.com/posters/evidence/are-consensus-medline-abstracts-use...
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Ceccarelli MA, Curioso WH, Liu F, Fontelo P. Do machine translations increase the usefulness of summaries of MEDLINE abstracts? A preliminary study with medical students and physicians in Peru. In: Stud Health Technol Inform [Studies in Health Technology and Informatics] -- MEDINFO 2010: Proceedings of the 13th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics; 2010 Sep 12-15; Cape Town, South Africa;160:1414.
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Armstrong K, Liu F, Seymour A, Rahman M, Fontelo P, Kovarik C. Design and Evaluation of txt2MEDLINE and SMS Optimized, Searchable Clinical Guidelines for Clinicians in Botswana. Telemedicine J E Health;16(S1):S-93. American Telemedicine Association 15th Annual International Meeting and Exposition; 2010 May 16-18; San Antonio, Texas.
Abstract | URL:  http://telemedjournal.com/link/teh/2010/vol16/102
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Fontelo P, Liu F. A novel tool for translational research discovery. Clin Transl Sci. 2009 Dec;2(6):391. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-8062.2009.00139.x.
Abstract | pub2009047.pdf | PMID:  20443928
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Ducut E, Liu F, Quion N, Fontelo P. TB-SMS: A Short Messaging Service (SMS) Medication Reminder Application for DOTS. AMIA Annu Symp Proc; 2009 Nov 14-18; San Francisco. p. 827.
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Encinas MA, Ducut E, Liu F, Avila JM, Diwa M, Fontelo P. Development of a Virtual Slide Library in a Developing Country. AMIA Annu Symp Proc; 2009 Nov 14-18; San Francisco. p. 836.
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Fontelo P, Liu F. Consensus TBL Summaries for Clinical Decision-making. AMIA Annu Symp Proc; 2009 Nov 14-18; San Francisco. p. 846.
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Fontelo P, Liu F, Cravedi K. Found in Translation: Tracking and Tagging Translational Research. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2009 Nov 14-18; San Francisco. p. 823.
Abstract | pub2009054.pdf
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Liu F, Fontelo P. Infobuttons Linked to Indivo, a Patient Controlled Health Record. AMIA Annu Symp Proc; 2009 Nov 14-18; San Francisco. p. 940.
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Fontelo P, Liu F, Zhang K, Ackerman MJ. Extending the benefits of one laptop per child to health. BMJ. 2008 Dec 1;337:a2459. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a2459.
Abstract | PMID:  19047193 | PMCID:  PMC3230246
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Ducut EG, Liu F, Fontelo P. The Cost of Being Wireless: A Usage Analysis of the PubMed for Handhelds Portal at the Point-of-Care. AMIA Annu Symp Proc; 2008 Nov 8-12; Washington DC. p. 936.
Abstract | PMID:  18998780
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Fontelo P, Liu F, Ducut EG. QR Code for Medical Information Uses. AMIA Annu Symp Proc; 2008 Nov 8-12; Washington DC. p. 945.
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Fontelo P, Liu F, Zhang K, Ackerman MJ, Tolentino H. The one laptop per Child (OLPC) computer for health clinics in developing countries. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium]; 2008 Nov 8-12; Washington DC. p. 192-6.
Abstract | PMID:  18998784 | PMCID:  PMC2656055
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Mahmoud MA, Al-Khafaji JT, Al-Shorbaji N, Sara K, Al-Ubaydli M, Ghazzaoui R, Liu F, Fontelo P. BabelMeSH and PICO Linguist in Arabic. AMIA Annu Symp Proc; 2008 Nov 8-12; Washington DC. p. 944.
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Liu F, Fontelo P, Fiszman M. Clinically-Weighted Terms in the Evaluation of MeSH Translations: BabelMeSH in Portuguese as a Model. AMIA Annu Symp Proc; 2008 Nov 8-12; Washington DC. p. 1027.
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Fontelo P, Liu F. Bringing the Medical Library Where Needed - At the Point of Care. Technical Report to the LHNCBC Board of Scientific Counselors; 2008 Sep. 61 pages.
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Ducut E, Liu F, Fontelo P. An Update on Uniform Resource Locator (URL) Decay in MEDLINE Abstracts and Measures for Its Mitigation. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008 Jun 11;8:23. DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-23.
Abstract | PMID:  18547428 | PMCID:  PMC2435527
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Jung B, Lee S, Fontelo P, Liu F, Kim S. Construction of Korean Version PICO Linguist and BabelMeSH. Korean Society of Medical Informatics (KOSMI) Fall Congress Proceedings 2007.
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Tolentino H, Kamadjeu R, Fontelo P, Liu F, et al. Scanning the Emerging Infectious Diseases Horizon - Visualizing ProMED Emails Using EpiSPIDER. Advances in Disease Surveillance. 2007;2:169.
Abstract | pub2007055.pdf
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Tom O, Fontelo P, Liu F. Do Computer-generated Summaries, 'The Bottom Line (TBL)' Accurately Reflect Published Journal Abstracts? AMIA Annu Symp Proc; 2007 Nov 10-14; Chicago. p. 1135.
Abstract | pub2007075.pdf | PMID:  18694232
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Fontelo P, Liu F, Muin M, Ducut E, Ackerman MJ, Paalan-Vasquez F. MMSPix - A Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) Medical Images Weblog. AMIA Annu Symp Proc; 2007 Nov 10-14; Chicago. p. 956.
Abstract | pub2007074.pdf | PMID:  18694056
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Conran R, Fontelo P, Liu F, Fontelo M, White E. Slide2Go: A Virtual Slide Collection for Pathology Education. AMIA Annu Symp Proc; 2007 Nov 10-14; Chicago. p. 918.
Abstract | pub2007073.pdf | PMID:  18694018
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Liu F, Fontelo P, Ackerman MJ. BabelMeSH2 and PICO Linguist2: Combined Language Search for MEDLINE/PubMed. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium]; 2007 Nov 10-14; Chicago. p. 1036.
Abstract | pub2007076.pdf | PMID:  18694134
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Fontelo P, Liu F, Leon S, Anne A, Ackerman MJ. PICO Linguist and BabelMeSH: Development and Partial Evaluation of Evidence-based Multilanguage Search Tools for MEDLINE/PubMed. In: Kuhn KA, Warren JR, Leong T-Y, editors. Stud Health Technol Inform [Studies in Health Technology and Informatics] -- MEDINFO 2007: Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Health (Medical) Informatics -- Building Sustainable Health Systems; 2007 Aug 20-24; Brisbane, Australia;129(Part I):817-21. IOS Press.
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Fontelo P, Liu F, Ackerman MJ. Potential Applications of RFID Technology in Medicine. Telemed J E Health. 2007 Apr;13(2):176-7.
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Leon SA, Fontelo P, Green L, Ackerman MJ, Liu F. Evidence-based Medicine Among Internal Medicine Residents in a Community Hospital Program Using Smart Phones. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 2007 Feb 21;7:5. DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-7-5.
Abstract | PMID:  17313680 | PMCID:  PMC1805745
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Tolentino HD, Matters MD, Walop W, Law B, Tong W, Liu F, Fontelo P, Kohl K, Payne DC. A UMLS-based Spell Checker for Natural Language Processing in Vaccine Safety. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2007 Feb 12;7:3. DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-7-3.
Abstract | PMID:  17295907 | PMCID:  PMC1805499
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Fontelo P, Liu F, Ackerman MJ. SMS (Short Message Service) for Medline/Pubmed Access at the Point-of Care. Telemed J E Health. 2006;12(2):237.
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Fontelo P, Liu F, Ackerman MJ, Schardt CM, Keitz SA. askMEDLINE: a Report on a Year-long Experience. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium]; 2006 Nov 11-15; Washington DC. p. 923.
Abstract | PMID:  17238542 | PMCID:  PMC1839379
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Liu F, Fontelo P, Ackerman MJ. BabelMeSH: Development of a Cross-Language Tool for MEDLINE/PubMed. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium]; 2006 Nov 11-15; Washington DC. p.1012.
Abstract | PMID:  17238631 | PMCID:  PMC1839504
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Tolentino H, Matters M, Walop W, Law B, Tong W, Liu F, Fontelo P, Kohl K, Payne D. Concept Negation in Free Text Components of Vaccine Safety Reports. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium]; 2006 Nov 11-15; Washington DC. p. 1122.
Abstract | PMID:  17238741 | PMCID:  PMC1839642
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Fontelo P, Liu F, Muin M, Tolentino H, Ackerman MJ. Txt2MEDLINE: Text-Messaging Access to MEDLINE/PubMed. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium]; 2006 Nov 11-15; Washington DC. p. 259-63.
Abstract | PMID:  17238343 | PMCID:  PMC1839569
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Muin M, Fontelo P, Liu F, Ackerman MJ. SLIM: an alternative Web interface for MEDLINE/PubMed searches - a preliminary study. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2005 Dec 1;5:37.
Abstract | PMID:  16321145 | PMCID:  PMC1318459
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Tolentino HD, Liu F, Sagaram D, Kamadjeu R, Fontelo P, Kohl K, Payne D. Creating a Vaccine Adverse Event Ontology for Public Health. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium]; 2005 Oct 22-26; Washington DC. p. 978.
Abstract | PMID:  16779265 | PMCID:  PMC1560539
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Fontelo P, Liu F, Ackerman MJ. MeSH Speller + askMEDLINE: Auto-completes MeSH Terms Then Searches MEDLINE/PubMed via Free-text, Natural Language Queries. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium]; 2005 Oct 22-26; Washington DC. p. 957.
Abstract | PMID:  16779244 | PMCID:  PMC1513542
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Liu F, Fontelo P, Muin M, Ackerman MJ. Virtual Evidence Cart - RP (VEC-RP). AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium]; 2005 Oct 22-26; Washington DC. p. 1034.
Abstract | PMID:  16779321 | PMCID:  PMC1531638
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Fontelo P, Liu F, Ackerman MJ. askMEDLINE: A Free-Text, Natural Language Query Tool for MEDLINE/PubMed. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak [BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making]. 2005 Mar 10;5:5.
Abstract | PMID:  15760470 | PMCID:  PMC1079856
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Fontelo P, Nahin A, Liu F, Kim G, Ackerman MJ. Accessing MEDLINE/PubMed with Handheld Devices: Developments and New Search Portals. Proceedings of 38th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences; 2005 Jan 3-6; Big Island, Hawaii; Track 6:158b. DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/HICSS.2005.64.
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