Natural Language Processing to Identify Pulmonary Nodules and Extract Nodule Characteristics From Radiology Reports.

Journal: Chest
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: There is an urgent need for population-based studies on managing patients with pulmonary nodules.

Authors

  • Chengyi Zheng
    Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California. Electronic address: Chengyi.X.Zheng@kp.org.
  • Brian Z Huang
    Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA.
  • Andranik A Agazaryan
    Los Angeles Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Beth Creekmur
    Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA.
  • Thearis A Osuj
    Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA.
  • Michael K Gould
    Department of Health Systems Science, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, Pasadena, CA.