Natural Language Processing and Graph Theory: Making Sense of Imaging Records in a Novel Representation Frame.
Laurent Binsfeld GonçalvesIvan NesicMarko ObradovicBram StieltjesThomas WeikertJens BremerichPublished in: JMIR medical informatics (2022)
Automatically extracting the date of referrals from unstructured radiology reports using deep learning NLP algorithms is feasible. Graphs refined the selection of distinct pathology pathways, facilitated the revelation of missing comparisons, and enabled the query of specific referring exam sequences. Further work is needed to evaluate its benefits in clinics, research, and resource planning.