Hi,

I am seeing the same behavior. But I am not sure if it is really a dictionary 
issue.

Look here: 
http://browser.ihtsdotools.org/?perspective=full&conceptId1=404684003&edition=en-edition&release=v20180131&server=http://browser.ihtsdotools.org/api/v1/snomed&langRefset=900000000000509007
When I search for “influenza vaccine” it finds 168 matches including the 
correct the concepts: “substance”, “product”, “situation” and “disorder” in the 
top 10.
Interestingly, a search for “flu vaccine” finds 3 matches only: “situation”, 
“product” and “substance”

I wonder what the exact “chunk” is, that is used for the look-up. Any guidance 
on where to look in the CAS (or the display thereof in the CVD) for the query 
string?

Cheers,
Gundolf.



From: Ory Henn <[email protected]>
Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, October 15, 2018 at 10:20
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: UMLS dictionary lookup issues

Kevin,
This looks indeed like a dictionary issue. You can take a look at the thread 
started by me a couple of months ago [Titled "How do I add a dictionary (like 
NCI) to cTakes lookup?"] which has more links and resources as well as 
workarounds for some issues you may encounter.
Good luck
Ory

On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 7:57 PM nishant kumar 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi Kevin,

It seems you are facing an issue related to the dictionary your cTAKES is 
mapped to.  The cTAKES installation by default is mapped to the RxNORM and 
SNOMED CT dictionaries. If you wish to capture concepts which are more specific 
to another ontology then you need to build the corresponding dictionary and 
point it to your cTAKES installation. This can be done by using the dictionary 
creator tool. Here is some info on how to build a dictionary:  
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CTAKES/Dictionary+Creator+GUI

Hope it helps.

thanks
Nishant


On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 10:54 PM Cox, Kevin (US - Raleigh) 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi:

I’ve installed CTAKES 4.0.0 along with the additional resources package.  
Further, my UMLS account has been setup to be used with the CTAKES installation.

However, when I use CVD to run the AggregatePlaintextFastUMLSProcessor engine, 
it’s not able to identify the most specific UMLS concept mapping.

For example, when I search for “influenza vaccine”…only the term “vaccine” is 
mapped to the UMLS medication concept with ID C0042210 (Vaccines).

However, doing a similar search for “flu vaccine”…it’s able to find the more 
specific UMLS medication concept with ID C0021403 (Influenza virus vaccine).

Looking at the UMLS Metathesaurus, I see all the necessary synonyms that should 
make this concept lookup possible.  So, I’m wondering why CTAKES is not able to 
map to the more specific UMLS concepts.  I’ve looked at the CTAKES online 
demos, and they have the same issue…so, I don’t think this is an issue with my 
local setup.

Wondering if others have found a solution to this…  I appreciate any guidance 
you can provide.

Thanks,
Kevin Cox
Product Architect | Deloitte Platforms
Deloitte Consulting
Raleigh, NC
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