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Oct 2025
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From Notes to Data: NLP and Transformers...

THE RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA
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Dr. Linda Chiu unpacks how natural language processing and large language models are transforming radiology, with insights from a review by Dr. Felipe Kitamura and colleagues. From tokenization to transformers, she explores both the promise and challenges of applying these powerful AI tools to clinical practice.

Texts Are More than Notes, They Are Data: A Glimpse intoHow Machines Understand Text. Kitamura et al. Radiology 2025; 316(2):e243217.

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