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ReviewLa Radiologia medica2024

ChatGPT and radiology report: potential applications and limitations.

Marco Parillo, Federica Vaccarino, Bruno Beomonte Zobel, Carlo Augusto Mallio

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Review in La Radiologia medica, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Marco ParilloRadiology, Multizonal Unit of Rovereto and Arco, APSS Provincia Autonoma Di Trento, Trento, Italy. marco.parillo@apss.tn.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4067-7118
Federica VaccarinoRadiology, Multizonal Unit of Rovereto and Arco, APSS Provincia Autonoma Di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Bruno Beomonte ZobelFondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128, Rome, Italy.
Carlo Augusto MallioFondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128, Rome, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Large language models like ChatGPT, with their growing accessibility, are attracting increasing interest within the artificial intelligence medical field, particularly in the analysis of radiology reports. These present a valuable opportunity to explore the potential clinical applications of large language models, given their huge capabilities in processing and understanding written language. Early research indicates that ChatGPT could offer benefits in radiology reporting. ChatGPT can assist but not replace radiologists in achieving diagnoses, generating structured reports, extracting data, identifying errors or incidental findings, and can also serve as a support in creating patient-friendly reports. However, ChatGPT also has intrinsic limitations, such as hallucinations, stochasticity, biases, deficiencies in complex clinical scenarios, data privacy and legal concerns. To fully utilize the potential of ChatGPT in radiology reporting, careful integration planning and rigorous validation of their outputs are crucial, especially for tasks requiring abstract reasoning or nuanced medical context. Radiologists' expertise in medical imaging and data analysis positions them exceptionally well to lead the responsible integration and utilization of ChatGPT within the field of radiology. This article offers a topical overview of the potential strengths and limitations of ChatGPT in radiological reporting.

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Artificial IntelligenceHumansNatural Language ProcessingRadiologyRadiology Information SystemsArtificial intelligenceGenerative pretrained transformerMedical imagingNatural language processingRadiological reportingStructured report

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