Comparison of Natural Language Processing Rules-based and Machine-learning Systems to Identify Lumbar Spine Imaging Findings Related to Low Back Pain.

Journal: Academic radiology
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Abstract

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: To evaluate a natural language processing (NLP) system built with open-source tools for identification of lumbar spine imaging findings related to low back pain on magnetic resonance and x-ray radiology reports from four health systems.

Authors

  • W Katherine Tan
    Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
  • Saeed Hassanpour
    Lia Harrington, Todd MacKenzie, and Saeed Hassanpour, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Hanover; Roberta diFlorio-Alexander, Katherine Trinh, and Arief Suriawinata, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH.
  • Patrick J Heagerty
    Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
  • Sean D Rundell
    Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
  • Pradeep Suri
    Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
  • Hannu T Huhdanpaa
    Radia, Inc., Lynwood, WA, USA.
  • Kathryn James
    Department of Radiology, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle WA 98195; Comparative Effectiveness, Cost and Outcomes Research Center, University of Washington, 4333 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105.
  • David S Carrell
    Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA.
  • Curtis P Langlotz
    Stanford University, University Medical Line, Stanford, CA, 94305, US.
  • Nancy L Organ
    Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
  • Eric N Meier
    Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle Washington; Center for Biomedical Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle Washington.
  • Karen J Sherman
    Kaiser Permanente of Washington Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.
  • David F Kallmes
    Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
  • Patrick H Luetmer
    Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
  • Brent Griffith
    Department of Radiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA.
  • David R Nerenz
    Henry Ford Hospital, Neuroscience Institute, Detroit, MI, USA.
  • Jeffrey G Jarvik
    Comparative Effectiveness, Cost and Outcomes Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. jarvikj@uw.edu.