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Annual MeSH Processing (AMP)
datadiscovery.nlm.nih.gov | Last Updated 2023-12-14T22:21:34.774ZAn overview of Annual MeSH Processing (AMP)) for MeSH/MEDLINE, including downloadable datasets detailing changes to MeSH
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Visible Human Project
datadiscovery.nlm.nih.gov | Last Updated 2024-07-19T15:24:18.000ZThe NLM Visible Human Project® has created publicly-available complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of a human male body and a human female body. Specifically, the VHP provides a public-domain library of cross-sectional cryosection, CT, and MRI images obtained from one male cadaver and one female cadaver. The Visible Man data set was publicly released in 1994 and the Visible Woman in 1995. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
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MeSH 2023 - New Headings with Scope Notes
datadiscovery.nlm.nih.gov | Last Updated 2024-09-03T19:14:42.000ZThis dataset includes all newly added MeSH Main Headings for 2023. Headings play a central role in MeSH vocabulary as a unit of Indexing and retrieval. With the exception of Class 3 Descriptors, all descriptors are organized into a numbered tree structure or hierarchy that allows users to browse in a orderly fashion from broader to narrower topics. Scope Notes provide a concise summary describing the meaning and scope of the MeSH Descriptor.
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MeSH Qualifiers with Scope Notes
datadiscovery.nlm.nih.gov | Last Updated 2024-09-03T19:17:29.000ZListed below are MeSH Topical Qualifiers listed by Name, Abbreviation, and Short Form. Each Qualifier is defined by a Scope Note that provides guidance on how it should be used.
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MeSH 2023 Publication Types
datadiscovery.nlm.nih.gov | Last Updated 2024-09-03T19:14:23.000ZPublication Types (Publication Characteristics) are Descriptors that indicate what an indexed item is, (i.e., its genre, rather than what it is about - for example, Historical Article). They may include Publication Components, such as Charts; Publication Formats, such as Editorial; and Study Characteristics, such as Clinical Trial. They function as metadata, rather than being about the content. These records are searchable in PubMed as Publication Type [PT], and the terms in MEDLINE records are labeled as "PT" or <PublicationType> rather than "MH" or <MeSHHeading>. They are listed in category V of the MeSH Tree Structures.
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Health Services Research Projects in Progress (HSRProj) (retired September 14, 2021)
datadiscovery.nlm.nih.gov | Last Updated 2024-09-03T19:14:59.000ZHealth Services Research Projects in Progress (HSRProj) is a database of health services research and public health projects in progress, related to research in quality, cost, and access to health care. Includes behavioral health research and public health research. Currently includes over 38,000 projects with information back to the 1990s. This resource was retired on September 14, 2021 and is no longer updated.
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Digitized NHANES II X-ray Films
datadiscovery.nlm.nih.gov | Last Updated 2024-07-19T14:38:53.000ZThe 17,000 NHANES images are available in the following formats: jpg - full spatial resolution and 8-bit grayscale jpgahe – jpg with adaptive histogram equalization (AHE) jpgaheus - jpg with adaptive histogram equalization (AHE) followed by unsharp masking tif8 - full spatial resolution and 8-bit grayscale resolution in TIFF format tif8roi - A small subset of the cervical spine images is available at full spatial resolution and 8-bit, cropped to regions of interest containing the spine area fullres - The 17,000 NHANES II images at full spatial and full 12-bit grayscale resolution, in raw "nh2" format, uncompressed marks - Vertebra coordinate values for a subset of about 600 of the images is available in ASCII text format Information about the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES II) The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES), conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control (NCHS/CDC), were designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States through interviews and direct physical examinations. These images are the digitized versions of the 17,000 x-ray films collected during the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES II) conducted by the NCHS during the years 1976-1980. In NHANES II 20,322 individuals were both interviewed and examined. For examined persons aged 25 through 74, two x-rays were made, with the exceptions that no x-rays were taken of pregnant women and no lumbar x-rays were taken on women under 50 years of age. X-rays of the cervical and lumbar spines were taken to provide evidence of osteoarthitis and degenerative disc disease. The films were subsequently digitized at a horizontal and vertical sampling rate of 146 dpi using Lumisys laser scanning equipment. The NHANES radiographs were scanned by Dr. Bernie Huang at the University of California at Los Angeles and the University of California at San Francisco. Dr. Huang’s group used a Lumysis 100 with a 175 micron spot to scan the first 6000 radiographs. The remaining radiographs were scanned on the Lumysis 150 again with a 175 micron spot size. NOTE: This dataset is no-longer updated with new content.
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MeSH 2024 Update - Registry Number Update Report for Descriptors
datadiscovery.nlm.nih.gov | Last Updated 2024-10-02T00:25:33.000Z<b>(Includes MeSH 2023 changes)</b> The MeSH 2024 Update - Registry Number Update Report for Descriptors lists changes to Registry Numbers on a Descriptor. <b>This report includes MeSH changes from previous years, starting from 2023.</b>
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MeSH 2024 Update - Registry Number Update Report for SCRs
datadiscovery.nlm.nih.gov | Last Updated 2023-12-14T20:15:30.000Z<b>(Includes MeSH 2023 changes)</b> The MeSH 2024 Registry Number Update Report for SCRs lists changes to Registry Numbers on a Supplementary Concept Record (SCR). <b>This report includes MeSH changes from previous years, starting from 2023.</b>
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Disaster Lit® (retired June 1, 2021)
datadiscovery.nlm.nih.gov | Last Updated 2024-09-03T19:10:22.000ZThis resource was retired on June 1, 2021 and is no longer updated. These data remain available to support research and development efforts. More information is available at https://www.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/disasterinfo.html. Disaster Lit®: Database for Disaster Medicine and Public Health is a dataset of links to disaster medicine and public health documents available on the Internet at no cost. Documents include expert guidelines, research reports, conference proceedings, training classes, factsheets, websites, databases, and similar materials selected from over 700 organizations for a professional audience. Materials were selected from non-commercial publishing sources and supplement disaster-related resources from PubMed (biomedical journal literature) and MedlinePlus (health information for the public).