KeyWord

KeyWord()

Section Keywords for Radiology Reports.

An enumeration class representing different sections commonly found in radiology reports. Each enum member contains a list of regular expressions used to match section headers.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
None			required

Attributes

Name	Type	Description
HISTORY	list of str	Regular expressions for history/indication sections: - Standalone “history” - “indication(s)” - “clinical history” - “clinical indication(s)”
TECHNIQUE	list of str	Regular expressions for technique sections: - “technique(s)”
COMPARISON	list of str	Regular expressions for comparison sections: - “comparison(s)”
FINDINGS	list of str	Regular expressions for findings sections: - “finding(s)”
IMPRESSION	list of str	Regular expressions for impression sections: - “impression(s)”
FOOTER	list of str	Regular expressions for footer sections: - “Report Severity” - “Finalized Datetime” - “Preliminary Datetime”

Notes

• Patterns use [^\w\n]* to match non-word/non-newline characters before/after keywords
• s? makes pluralization optional (e.g. “finding” or “findings”)

Examples

from radreportparser import KeyWord
# Get regex patterns for history section
KeyWord.HISTORY.value

['[^\\w\\n]*History[^\\w\\n]*',
 '[^\\w\\n]*Indications?[^\\w\\n]*',
 '[^\\w\\n]*clinical\\s+history[^\\w\\n]*',
 '[^\\w\\n]*clinical\\s+indications?[^\\w\\n]*']

# Technique section
KeyWord.TECHNIQUE.value

['[^\\w\\n]*Techniques?[^\\w\\n]*']

# Comparison section
KeyWord.COMPARISON.value

['[^\\w\\n]*Comparisons?[^\\w\\n]*']

# Findings section
KeyWord.FINDINGS.value

['[^\\w\\n]*Findings?[^\\w\\n]*']

# Impression section
KeyWord.IMPRESSION.value

['[^\\w\\n]*Impressions?[^\\w\\n]*']

# Footer section
KeyWord.FOOTER.value

['[^\\w\\n]*Report Severity[^\\w\\n]*',
 '[^\\w\\n]*Finalized Datetime[^\\w\\n]*',
 '[^\\w\\n]*Preliminary Datetime[^\\w\\n]*']