Natural Language Processing Based Approach for Identification of Problems in Medical Image Management Using PACS

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2019 Aug 21:264:1815-1816. doi: 10.3233/SHTI190662.

Abstract

We investigated problems concerning medical imaging management using PACS in medical settings through text analysis. We conducted a questionnaire survey in Hokkaido, Japan, where PACS related problems were described by radiological technologists. After analyzing the descriptions in response to the questionnaire, we detected four main problems in PACS using a word co-occurrence network; i) image management, ii) image fetching error, iii) DICOM violation and iv) name notation.

Keywords: Computers; Educational Measurement; Management Information Systems.

MeSH terms

  • Information Management
  • Japan
  • Natural Language Processing*
  • Radiology Information Systems*