Use of BERT (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers)-Based Deep Learning Method for Extracting Evidences in Chinese Radiology Reports: Development of a Computer-Aided Liver Cancer Diagnosis Framework.

Journal: Journal of medical Internet research
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Liver cancer is a substantial disease burden in China. As one of the primary diagnostic tools for detecting liver cancer, dynamic contrast-enhanced computed tomography provides detailed evidences for diagnosis that are recorded in free-text radiology reports.

Authors

  • Honglei Liu
    School of Biomedical Engineering, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China. liuhonglei@ccmu.edu.cn.
  • Zhiqiang Zhang
    Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215163, China.
  • Yan Xu
    Department of Nephrology, Suzhou Ninth People's Hospital, Suzhou Ninth Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
  • Ni Wang
    School of Biomedical Engineering, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
  • Yanqun Huang
    School of Biomedical Engineering, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
  • Zhenghan Yang
    Department of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
  • Rui Jiang
    Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.
  • Hui Chen
    Xiangyang Central HospitalAffiliated Hospital of Hubei University of Arts and Science Xiangyang 441000 China.