Natural language processing and machine learning algorithm to identify brain MRI reports with acute ischemic stroke.

Journal: PloS one
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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: This project assessed performance of natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML) algorithms for classification of brain MRI radiology reports into acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and non-AIS phenotypes.

Authors

  • Chulho Kim
    Department of Neurology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon-si, Korea. Electronic address: gumdol52@hallym.or.kr.
  • Vivienne Zhu
    Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America.
  • Jihad Obeid
    Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America.
  • Leslie Lenert
    Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America.