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ArticleContrast media & molecular imaging2018

Towards More Structure: Comparing TNM Staging Completeness and Processing Time of Text-Based Reports versus Fully Segmented and Annotated PET/CT Data of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.

Raphael Sexauer, Thomas Weikert, Kevin Mader, Andreas Wicki, Sabine Schädelin, Bram Stieltjes, Jens Bremerich, Gregor Sommer, Alexander W Sauter

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Raphael SexauerUniversity Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Department of Radiology, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
Thomas WeikertUniversity Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Department of Radiology, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
Kevin MaderUniversity Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Department of Radiology, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
Andreas WickiUniversity Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Department of Oncology, Spitalstrasse 21, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
Sabine SchädelinUniversity Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Clinical Trial Unit, Department of Clinical Research, Spitalstrasse 12, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Bram StieltjesUniversity Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Department of Radiology, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
Jens BremerichUniversity Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Department of Radiology, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-1002-8483
Gregor SommerUniversity Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Department of Radiology, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-8952-0808
Alexander W SauterUniversity Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Department of Radiology, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-6707-2258

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Abstract

Results of PET/CT examinations are communicated as text-based reports which are frequently not fully structured. Incomplete or missing staging information can be a significant source of staging and treatment errors. We compared standard text-based reports to a manual full 3D-segmentation-based approach with respect to TNM completeness and processing time. TNM information was extracted retrospectively from 395 reports. Moreover, the RIS time stamps of these reports were analyzed. 2995 lesions using a set of 41 classification labels (TNM features + location) were manually segmented on the corresponding image data. Information content and processing time of reports and segmentations were compared using descriptive statistics and modelling. The TNM/UICC stage was mentioned explicitly in only 6% (

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Research DesignAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungFemaleHumansLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedMultimediaNeoplasm StagingPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyRetrospective StudiesTime Factors

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