Natural language processing for automated quantification of bone metastases reported in free-text bone scintigraphy reports.

Olivier Q GrootMichiel E R BongersAditya V KarhadeNeal D KapoorBrian P FennJason KimJ J VerlaanJoseph H Schwab

Published in: Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) (2020)

NLP has the potential to automate clinical data extraction from free text radiology notes in orthopedics, thereby optimizing the speed, accuracy, and consistency of clinical chart review. Pending external validation, the NLP algorithm developed in this study may be implemented as a means to aid researchers in tackling large amounts of data.

Keyphrases

machine learning
deep learning
electronic health record
smoking cessation
artificial intelligence
high throughput
emergency department
bone mineral density
risk assessment
human health
single cell