A multi-center study shows LLMs, with optimized prompts, provide consistent and scalable annotation of radiology reports across six major U.S. institutions.
Key Details
- 1Researchers deployed a prompt-engineered LLM at six U.S. healthcare sites for radiology report annotation.
- 2The LLM used a human-optimized prompt to extract diagnostic findings from reports.
- 3An open-source Python script enabled local execution of the same model, ensuring privacy and consistency.
- 4Results showed high consistency of annotations across different sites and pathologies.
- 5The study lays out a collaborative, standardized framework for LLM integration in radiology workflows.
Why It Matters
Consistent, automated annotation of radiology reports can accelerate data curation and support scalable AI applications in clinical practice. This study demonstrates a practical, privacy-conscious method for multi-center adoption of LLMs in radiology.

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