AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN INCIDENTAL FINDING

摘要

There is provided a computer-implemented method for detecting an incidental finding in a radiology report associated with an imaging examination of a subject. The method comprises acquiring a first finding from the radiology report, the first finding being indicative of at least one of: an imaging observation, a disorder, and an abnormality identified from the imaging examination, acquiring information associated with the radiology report, wherein the acquired information associated with the radiology report comprises a reason for performing the imaging examination, a modality of the imaging examination, and a body part of the subject examined in the imaging examination, and determining whether the first finding is an incidental finding based on the acquired information associated with the radiology report, wherein the incidental finding is an unanticipated finding not related to a diagnostic inquiry associated with the imaging examination.