iMole, a web based image retrieval system from biomedical literature

• Published in: Electrophoresis Vol. 34; no. 13; pp. 1965 - 1968
• Main Authors: Giordano, Manuela, Natale, Massimo, Cornaz, Moreno, Ruffino, Andrea, Bonino, Dario, Bucci, Enrico M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2013
• Subjects: 2D electrophoresis; Construction; Data Mining - methods; Database Management Systems; Databases, Factual; Dictionaries; Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; Image database; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Information Storage and Retrieval; Interactive; Internet; Meta-analysis; Platforms; Software; Text mining; User interfaces; Web application; Text mining; Image database; 2D electrophoresis; Web application; Meta-analysis

iMole is a platform that automatically extracts images and captions from biomedical literature. Images are tagged with terms contained in figure captions by means of a sophisticate text‐mining tool. Moreover, iMole allows the user to upload directly their own images within the database and manually...