Note : Scrubber 3.X is being ported to Apache cTAKES, this is an interim BETA release.
Intended usages
Default configuration
- Developers can use Scrubber 3.X in "default mode" with the same settings as the provided train and test model files. Input and output settings are managed in scrubber.properties (file paths, database settings, method implementations).
scrubber.properties : all supported config options and features in one place.
Apache UIMA, Apache cTAKES, and WEKA distribution jars are loaded dynamically.
Customize NLP pipeline
- Scrubber uses Apache UIMA and Apache cTAKES packages, which together provide the NLP pipeline for lexical parsing and medical concept annotation. Generated feature sets are exported to the SQL database or model file (CSV, ARFF). The UIMA and cTAKES services used by Scrubber are defined and configured using scrubber.properties.
Customize Classifier
- Scrubber can use different classifier implementations without recompiling the software.
- By default scrubber dynamically loads the popular WEKA C4.5 decision tree classifier with multi-class support.
Software Features
Annotation
- Annotate word tokens and redact PHI from physician notes
- cTAKES lexical parsing and medical dictionary annotation
- WEKA multi-class decision tree classifier (plugin default)
- Protege UI support for human expert curators (reads output)
- Generate feature sets containing lexical properties, medical concept codes, and human defined rules
Models
- Prebuilt train and test models can be imported to Weka (default), Matlab, or R
- (default) Test your local physician notes without retraining
- (optional) Retrain model using local physician note samples, publications, and medical dictionaries.
Classification
- Distinguish (classify) private patient data from coded medical concepts and commonly used words
Compare Text
Compare lexical properties and distributions of public and private text sources
How To
Install / Train / Test / Scrub
Scrubber Property KEY = VALUE
scrubber.properties
Java Object
- ScrubberProperties.java statically binds scrubber.properties at startup
Java Template
*TemplateFileProcessor.java IO and token replacement of default configuration files
Shell scripts
- setClassPath.sh sets the java classpath and exports the shell variables
Shell UnitTest
*ScrubberPropertiesTest.java demonstrates binding scrubber.properties to shell commands.