:py:mod:`medcat.ner.vocab_based_ner`
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.. py:module:: medcat.ner.vocab_based_ner


Module Contents
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Classes
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.. autoapisummary::

   medcat.ner.vocab_based_ner.NER




Attributes
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.. autoapisummary::

   medcat.ner.vocab_based_ner.logger


.. py:data:: logger

   

.. py:class:: NER(cdb, config)


   Bases: :py:obj:`medcat.pipeline.pipe_runner.PipeRunner`

   .. py:attribute:: name
      :value: 'cat_ner'

      

   .. py:method:: __init__(cdb, config)


   .. py:method:: __call__(doc)

      Detect candidates for concepts - linker will then be able to do the rest. It adds `entities` to the
      doc._.ents and each entity can have the entity._.link_candidates - that the linker will resolve.

      :param doc: Spacy document to be annotated with named entities.
      :type doc: Doc

      :Returns: **doc** (*Doc*) -- Spacy document with detected entities.