Display Options in the UTS Metathesaurus Browser.
When you query UMLS using the
Metathesaurus Browser, the default search
results view contains atoms from all matching terminology sources.
In some cases though, you might want to view atoms from only selected sources.
For this purpose, you can use a Display Options tool.
For example, let’s search for the term “benign vertigo”.
Click on the first concept ID in the Search Results section to
display and review the concept report.
As you can see in the ‘Atoms’ section, the
concept includes a long list of atoms from
many different terminology sources, such as
ICD9, MeSH, NDFRT, OMIM, SNOMED CT, etc.
Also, there are obsolete and suppressible atoms in the list.
To display atoms only from the sources of your interest,
click on the Display Options icon.
This opens a Display Settings pop-up window.
The window contains the source pick list on the right,
and the check box for excluding obsolete and suppressible terms.
Scroll down the pick list of sources and select one or more entries.
I will pick SNOMED CT US edition.
I will also go ahead and check the “Exclude obsolete/suppressible atoms” check box.
To apply changes, click the “Apply Updates” button.
The list of atoms is now reduced to only SNOMEDCT_US atoms.
Note that the display settings apply to the default Report View,
and also to the Basic View of the concept.
The filter selection stays on for the duration of your search session.
Therefore, if you would like to display full results of the new search,
open the Display Settings window again,
clear all settings,
and click the Apply Updates button to save changes.
This completes our tutorial.
Click on the UTS Home link to go to the UMLS Terminology Services home page.
Click on the Training link to access other terminology-related training resources.
Click the ‘Contact’ link at the upper right of the page to contact us if you have questions or comments.
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