Thanks Tim, I understood the difference clearly would like to device an approach to utilize these concepts to prepare sequential event based timeline for the patients. It would be helpful if you can point some useful links or suggest your thoughts.
Thanks &Regards Stuti Awasthi -----Original Message----- From: Miller, Timothy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 6:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Meaning of "CONTAINS" TLink.. Is it equivalent to Overlap ? Sounds like an awesome application! CONTAINS is similar to OVERLAP but more specific. It means that one event is fully contained inside an event or time expression: |--------- a -----------| |-----b-------| specifically BEGIN(a) <= BEGIN(b) AND END(a) >= END(b) whereas OVERLAP is a broader category that just means there is some overlap: |--------a----------| |-----------b-------| is an example of an OVERLAP relation that is not contains. Technically CONTAINS is a subset of OVERLAP, but it is one that is so useful and common that we keep it as its own category. Tim On 08/19/2015 04:53 AM, Stuti Awasthi wrote: > Hi All, > > I am a newbee in ctakes so please pardon my ignorance. > I am trying to extract temporal relation between Events-Events and > Events-Time. For this I am using cTakes Temporal module via api's. Once I > get the temporal relation, I would like to put them in sequence order to > understand patients medical history. > > Now issue is for most of the relationship(Tlink) between Evenet-Event > and Event-Time, I receive a category "Contains". In most of the > ctakes related papers, I read that TLInk belongs to "Before, > Aftre,Overlap" so what does this "contains" means and how I can > utilize this to build user's sequential timeline > > Eg: > The MRI scan on admission revealed an impending cord compression at the level > of T10. > > ################ EventEventRelation Annotation Output ############### > EVENT(DocTime) | Relationship Category | Event(Doctime) > scan ( BEFORE ) | CONTAINS | revealed ( BEFORE ) > scan ( BEFORE ) | CONTAINS | compression ( BEFORE ) > > Please suggest. > > Thanks &Regards > Stuti Awasthi > > > ::DISCLAIMER:: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- > > The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and > intended for the named recipient(s) only. > E-mail transmission is not guaranteed to be secure or error-free as > information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive > late or incomplete, or may contain viruses in transmission. The e mail and > its contents (with or without referred errors) shall therefore not attach any > liability on the originator or HCL or its affiliates. > Views or opinions, if any, presented in this email are solely those of > the author and may not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of > HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, > copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or publication of this > message without the prior written consent of authorized representative of HCL > is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please > delete it and notify the sender immediately. > Before opening any email and/or attachments, please check them for viruses > and other defects. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- > >
