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Automatic Summarization of Patient Charts

Automatic Summarization of Patient Charts

Primary care physicians (PCPs) are responsible for reviewing and understanding a patient’s medical history to make informed decisions regarding care. However, a variety of factors impede this process, including: the increasing complexity and number of diagnostic tests and treatments,

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Individually-tailored Patient Portals

Individually-tailored Patient Portals

Despite improvements in its diagnosis and treatment, lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. The high degree of mortality associated with this cancer, and the spectrum of different treatment options (which themselves involve significant morbidity),

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Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Coordination Center

Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Coordination Center

UCLA was home to the Centers Coordinating Center, promoting the common interests and ensuring the impact of innovations created by the various BD2K Centers of Excellence (COEs). The overarching goal was to help ensure that developed resources and tools were shared,

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Understanding Stroke

Understanding Stroke

Annually, it is estimated that more than 795,000 Americans experience a stroke. The severity of neurological damage due to an acute stroke is mitigated by the early restoration of blood flow to the affected area;

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Understanding Intracranial Aneurysms

Understanding Intracranial Aneurysms

Intracranial aneurysms (ICAs) are an increasingly common finding, both from incidental discovery on imaging studies and on autopsy; it is estimated that anywhere from 1-6% of the American population will develop this problem.

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Prognostic Models for Brain Cancer

Prognostic Models for Brain Cancer

Each year, almost half of all diagnosed primary brain tumors in the United States are Grade IV glioblastoma multiforme (GBMs). While recent efforts have begun to uncover the genetic pathways involved in this cancer’s etiology – and potential methods for treatment – arguably,

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Advanced Computing for Healthcare

Advanced Computing for Healthcare

To meet ever-increasing computing needs and overcome power density limitations, the computing industry halted simple processor frequency scaling and entered the era of parallelization, with tens to hundreds of computing cores integrated in a single processor,

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Automated Structuring for Neuro-oncology

Automated Structuring for Neuro-oncology

An appropriate review of a patient’s medical record often requires that a physician review multiple clinical documents while mentally noting issues related to the case. Physicians must review what the findings were,

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