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ArticleRadiology. Artificial intelligence2025

Enhancing Large Language Models with Retrieval-Augmented Generation: A Radiology-Specific Approach.

Dane A Weinert, Andreas M Rauschecker

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Article in Radiology. Artificial intelligence, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Dane A WeinertDepartment of Radiology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, 1510 San Pablo St, Ste 350, Los Angeles, CA 90033.ORCID 0000-0002-2985-7070
Andreas M RauscheckerDepartment of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, Calif.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) is a strategy to improve the performance of large language models (LLMs) by providing an LLM with an updated corpus of knowledge that can be used for answer generation in real time. RAG may improve LLM performance and clinical applicability in radiology by providing citable, up-to-date information without requiring model fine-tuning. In this retrospective study, a radiology-specific RAG system was developed using a vector database of 3689

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Information Storage and RetrievalNatural Language ProcessingRadiologyHumansLarge Language ModelsRetrospective StudiesComputer Applications-General (Informatics)Technology Assessment

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PMID40072217

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