| Year: 2007 | 
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| LHNCBC-2007-075 |
| Do Computer-generated Summaries, 'The Bottom Line (TBL)' Accurately Reflect Published Journal Abstracts? |
| Tom O, Fontelo P, Liu F |
| AMIA Annu Symp Proc; 2007;1135 |
| txt2MEDLINE allows users to search and retrieve MEDLINE/PubMed citations using SMS text messages. 'The Bottom Line' (TBL) concept was developed because of the 160-character limitation of text messages. TBL algorithm generates a shortened version of the published abstract thereby decreasing the number of characters while attempting to maintain the key points of the full-length, authorgenerated abstract. The data seems to indicate that the TBL generally conveys the essential elements of the full abstract. |
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