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. 2023 Feb 9;13:2353. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-29323-3

Table 4.

Overview entity classes.

Concept Description Example
Central Medical_condition Pathologic findings of disease value or findings of uncertain disease value “akute sinusitis frontalis”, “Ausweitung e vacuo”, “Kalzifizierung”
Anatomical_entity Anatomical terms “Gehirnschädel”, “Ventrikel”
Imaging_observation Objective radiological descriptions “Ausweitung”, “Raumforderung”
Diaglab_procedure Imaging modalities, but also preliminary examinations, or clinical examinations outside of radiology “CT”, “EKG”
Non_anatomical_substance Drugs, noxious agents, or other biologically active substances “Kontrastmittel”, “Marcumar”, “Gadolinium”
Procedure Terms for interventions such as surgical procedures or radiation treatments “Bohrlochtrepanation”
Medical_device Medical devices and materials “Clips”, “Ventrikelsonde”
Follow_Up Recommendations or statements on follow-up investigations “Kontrolluntersuchung empfohlen”, “Follow-up Untersuchung”
Prior_investigation Preliminary examination carried out “Voruntersuchung”, “VU”, “MRT-Voruntersuchung”
Descriptors Location_descriptor Terms with spatial information, also anatomical-spatial words “frontal”, “links”, “beidseits”
Certainty_descriptor Negations and speculations as well as information about the degree of certainty of findings or diagnoses “kein”, “wahrscheinlich”, “deutlich”
Quality_descriptor Term about the assessability of imaging (usually in combination of an artifact) “eingeschränkte Beurteilbarkeit”
Radlex_descriptor Terms that describe other entities in more detail and cannot be assigned to any other descriptor “hypodens”, “inhomogen”, “klein”
Specifications Dosing The dosage of medical or non-medical substances and the radiation dose “400 MG J/ML - 200 ML, 50.00 ml”
State_of_health Terms describing norm variants or normal findings. “altersgerecht”, “frei”, “unauffällig”
Measurement Measurement of a parameter with following unit or dimensionless (no dosages) “8 cm”, “30 min”, “Segment IV”
Time_information Terms with temporal information (no dynamic temporal changes) “akut”, “rezent”, “vor 2 Tagen”
Dynamism Descriptions of dynamic changes “neu”, progredient”, “vorbekannt”
Property Property or function terminology “Durchmesser”, “Belüftung”
Score_Grade_Type Terms of classification, categorization, medical scores, graduations, variations, and typifications “ASPECTS”, “geringgradig”, “Typ 2”