Comparison of Natural Language Processing and Manual Coding for the Identification of Cross-Sectional Imaging Reports Suspicious for Lung Cancer.

Journal: JCO clinical cancer informatics
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To compare the accuracy and reliability of a natural language processing (NLP) algorithm with manual coding by radiologists, and the combination of the two methods, for the identification of patients whose computed tomography (CT) reports raised the concern for lung cancer.

Authors

  • Roxanne Wadia
    Roxanne Wadia, Kathleen Akgun, Cynthia Brandt, Brenda T. Fenton, Andrew H. Marple, Vijay Garla, Michal G. Rose, and Tamar Taddei, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven; and Roxanne Wadia, Kathleen Akgun, Cynthia Brandt, Brenda T. Fenton, Woody Levin, Michal G. Rose, Tamar Taddei, and Caroline Taylor, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT.
  • Kathleen Akgun
    Roxanne Wadia, Kathleen Akgun, Cynthia Brandt, Brenda T. Fenton, Andrew H. Marple, Vijay Garla, Michal G. Rose, and Tamar Taddei, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven; and Roxanne Wadia, Kathleen Akgun, Cynthia Brandt, Brenda T. Fenton, Woody Levin, Michal G. Rose, Tamar Taddei, and Caroline Taylor, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT.
  • Cynthia Brandt
    Yale Center for Medical Informatics, Yale University.
  • Brenda T Fenton
    Roxanne Wadia, Kathleen Akgun, Cynthia Brandt, Brenda T. Fenton, Andrew H. Marple, Vijay Garla, Michal G. Rose, and Tamar Taddei, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven; and Roxanne Wadia, Kathleen Akgun, Cynthia Brandt, Brenda T. Fenton, Woody Levin, Michal G. Rose, Tamar Taddei, and Caroline Taylor, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT.
  • Woody Levin
    Roxanne Wadia, Kathleen Akgun, Cynthia Brandt, Brenda T. Fenton, Andrew H. Marple, Vijay Garla, Michal G. Rose, and Tamar Taddei, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven; and Roxanne Wadia, Kathleen Akgun, Cynthia Brandt, Brenda T. Fenton, Woody Levin, Michal G. Rose, Tamar Taddei, and Caroline Taylor, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT.
  • Andrew H Marple
    Roxanne Wadia, Kathleen Akgun, Cynthia Brandt, Brenda T. Fenton, Andrew H. Marple, Vijay Garla, Michal G. Rose, and Tamar Taddei, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven; and Roxanne Wadia, Kathleen Akgun, Cynthia Brandt, Brenda T. Fenton, Woody Levin, Michal G. Rose, Tamar Taddei, and Caroline Taylor, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT.
  • Vijay Garla
    Roxanne Wadia, Kathleen Akgun, Cynthia Brandt, Brenda T. Fenton, Andrew H. Marple, Vijay Garla, Michal G. Rose, and Tamar Taddei, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven; and Roxanne Wadia, Kathleen Akgun, Cynthia Brandt, Brenda T. Fenton, Woody Levin, Michal G. Rose, Tamar Taddei, and Caroline Taylor, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT.
  • Michal G Rose
    Roxanne Wadia, Kathleen Akgun, Cynthia Brandt, Brenda T. Fenton, Andrew H. Marple, Vijay Garla, Michal G. Rose, and Tamar Taddei, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven; and Roxanne Wadia, Kathleen Akgun, Cynthia Brandt, Brenda T. Fenton, Woody Levin, Michal G. Rose, Tamar Taddei, and Caroline Taylor, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT.
  • Tamar Taddei
    Roxanne Wadia, Kathleen Akgun, Cynthia Brandt, Brenda T. Fenton, Andrew H. Marple, Vijay Garla, Michal G. Rose, and Tamar Taddei, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven; and Roxanne Wadia, Kathleen Akgun, Cynthia Brandt, Brenda T. Fenton, Woody Levin, Michal G. Rose, Tamar Taddei, and Caroline Taylor, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT.
  • Caroline Taylor
    Roxanne Wadia, Kathleen Akgun, Cynthia Brandt, Brenda T. Fenton, Andrew H. Marple, Vijay Garla, Michal G. Rose, and Tamar Taddei, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven; and Roxanne Wadia, Kathleen Akgun, Cynthia Brandt, Brenda T. Fenton, Woody Levin, Michal G. Rose, Tamar Taddei, and Caroline Taylor, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT.