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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Nov 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Syst. 2022 Nov 16;46(12):96. doi: 10.1007/s10916-022-01880-6

Table 2:

Examples of original and sifted partially synthetic data. The bolded words were obfuscated by the masking and prediction step. The italic words in square brackets were created by the obfuscation step. Abbreviations: FX is short for bone fracture, and DX is short for diagnostics.

Obfuscation Level Injury Description Naive Suppressing Description
Original Slipped and fell onto shoulder at work FX shoulder -
Sifted low obfuscation Slipped and fell onto something at work today Slipped and [mask] onto [mask] at work [mask]
Sifted medium obfuscation Slipped and [break leg] at work today Slipped and [mask] [mask] [mask] at work [mask] [mask]
Sifted high obfuscation Slipped and [DX ankle foot pain at work fell] Slipped and [mask] [mask] [mask] [mask] [mask] [mask] [mask]