extract_impression

RadReportExtractor.extract_impression(
    text: str,
    include_key: bool = True,
    word_boundary: bool = False,
    flags: Union[re.RegexFlag, int] = re.IGNORECASE,
    match_strategy: Literal['greedy', 'sequential'] = 'greedy',
    verbose: bool = True,
)

Extract the impression section from the radiology report text.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
text	str	The input radiology report text.	required
include_key	bool	Whether to include the section key in output, by default True	`True`
word_boundary	bool	Whether to wrap word boundary around the section keys, by default False	`False`
flags	Union[re.RegexFlag, int]	Regex flags to use in pattern matching. For ‘re’ backend: These are directly passed to re.compile() For ‘re2’ backend: These are converted to re2.Options properties By default re.IGNORECASE	`re.IGNORECASE`
match_strategy	(greedy, sequential)	Strategy for matching end keys: - “greedy”: Use first matching end key (faster) - “sequential”: Try end keys in order (more precise) Default is “greedy”	`"greedy"`
verbose	bool	If True, prints messages if multiple start matches are found. Default is True.	`True`

Returns

Name	Type	Description
	str	The extracted impression section text. Returns empty string if section not found.