PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Coles, E C
AU  - Slavin, G
TI  - An evaluation of automatic coding of surgical pathology reports.
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.29.7.621
DP  - 1976 Jul 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 621--625
VI  - 29
IP  - 7
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/29/7/621.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/29/7/621.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1976 Jul 01; 29
AB  - The use of the Systematised Nomenclature of Pathology as the basis of an indexing system to histopathological data is outlined. Two computer programs which perform the task of producing codes from free English summaries are compared. It is concluded that a simple system has a great deal to offer the pathologist who is prepared to accept a set of constraints.