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caBIG Tool Overview caTIES - cancer Text
Information Extraction System extracts coded
information from free-text clinical documents

• Key Stakeholders Involved
• Tissue Banks and Pathology Tools Workspace
• Developer University of Pittsburgh Medical
  Center
  
• Adopters Washington University, Thomas Jefferson
  University, University of Pennsylvania

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caTIES Overview

• Brief Description of caTIES
• caTIES extracts coded information from free-text
  clinical documents such as surgical pathology
  reports (SPRs) using controlled terminologies to
  populate caBIG compliant data structures.
• Provide researchers with the ability to query,
  browse, and acquire annotated tissue data and
  physical material across a network of federated
  sources.
• Primary User Groups/Beneficiaries
• Pathologists
• Tissue Bankers
• Registrars

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Tool Installation Requirements Release Schedule

• Installation Requirements
• Operating system Windows 2000, NT, XP
• High Speed Ethernet IEEE 802.11
• RAM At least 1 Gigabyte for the Server
• Router A secure Firewall/Router for the Server.
• Database MySQL 5.0.28
• Browser Netscape 7 and above, Internet Explorer
  5 and above, Mozilla Firefox 1.x and above
  
• Java 1.4.2_04
• Current Release Information caTIES v2.0
• Final release August 2006
• Gold level compatible (Grid Enabled)

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Tool/Resources Support

• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
  hosts a caTIES website at http//caties.cabig.upmc
  .edu - Website contains background information
  about the tool, documentation, and the full
  installation package.
• Supporting documentation includes Systems
  Installation and Administration Guide, and End
  User Manual
  
• The NCICB Application Support Group is also
  available by phone, e-mail, or web-based
  submittal forms.
  

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Workspace Contacts and Other Links
NCI Facilitator Ian Fore (forei_at_mail.nih.gov)

• TBPT Workspace Lead
• Juergen Klenk (klenk_juergen_at_bah.com)

• Ways to become involved with the Tissue Banks and
  Pathology Tools (TBPT) Workspace
  
• Subscribe for the TBPT LISTSERV at
  https//list.nih.gov/archives/cabig_tbpt-l.html.
  
• Visit the caBIG TBPT website https//cabig.nci.n
  ih.gov/workspaces/TBPT
  
• Dial-in to our bi-weekly workspace calls, or
  monthly newcomer calls. Call-in Information
  

Bi-Weekly TBPT Workspace calls
Objective TBPT Project and caBIG Program
updates Schedule 12-1 PM ET, 1st and 3rd Monday
of each month Dial-in 888-283-8679 Passcode 5
746946 http//ncicb.centra.com Meeting ID TBPT
Monthly TBPT Newcomer calls Objective Bringing
newcomers up to speed with the TBPT workspace.
Schedule 12-1 PM ET, 2nd Monday of each month
Dial-in 888-283-8679 Passcode 8209848 http//
ncicb.centra.com Meeting ID newcomer