System and method for automated annotation of radiology findings

Abstract

A method for the automated annotation of radiology findings includes: receiving a set of inputs, determining a set of outputs based on the set of inputs, assigning labels to the set of inputs, and annotating the set of inputs based on the labels. Additionally, the method can include any or all of: presenting annotated inputs to a user, comparing multiple sets of inputs, transmitting a set of outputs to a radiologist report, or any other suitable processes.

1 . A method for automatically annotating a set of radiology images, the method comprising:
 receiving, at a remote computing system, a set of Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) images;   with a first convolutional neural network (CNN), the CNN comprising at least one of a V-net and a U-net, determining an anatomical feature associated with the set of DICOM images;   based on the anatomical feature and with a lookup table, determining a second CNN, the second CNN comprising at least one of a V-net and a U-net;   with the second CNN:
 determining a set of abnormal findings associated with the set of DICOM images; and 
 determining a set of normal findings associated with the set of DICOM images; 
   assigning a set of labels to the set of DICOM images, wherein the set of labels is determined based on the set of abnormal findings and the set of normal findings;   determining a set of annotations based on the set of labels, wherein the set of annotations comprises:
 a first subset of annotations, wherein the first subset of annotations is associated with the set of abnormal findings; and 
 a second subset of annotations, wherein the second subset of annotations is associated with the set of normal findings; 
   producing a set of DICOM overlays associated with the set of DICOM images and comprising the set of annotations;   displaying, at a display of a radiology workstation, the set of DICOM images and the set of DICOM overlays, wherein:
 each of the first subset of annotations is displayed automatically upon display of an associated DICOM image; and 
 each of the second subset of annotations is displayed in an event that a user hovers a cursor proximal to an annotation of the second subset of annotations.