Chemical Structure Recognition: A Rule Based Approach

Noureddin Sadawi, Alan Sexton, Volker Sorge

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Abstract

In chemical literature much information is given in the form of diagrams depicting molecules. In order to access this information diagrams have to be recognised and translated into a processable format. We present an approach that models the principal recognition steps for molecule diagrams in a strictly rule based system, providing rules to identify the main components - atoms and bonds - as well as to resolve possible ambiguities. The result of the process is a translation into a graph representation that can be used for further processing. We show the effectiveness of our approach by describing its embedding into a full recognition system and present an experimental evaluation that demonstrates how our current implementation outperforms the leading open source system currently available.
Original languageEnglish
Article number82970E
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8297
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2012
EventDocument Recognition and Retrieval XIX - Burlingame, CA, United States
Duration: 22 Jan 2012 → …

Keywords

  • Chemical molecule recognition
  • diagram recognition

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