A detailed analysis of deep learning-based techniques for automated radiology report generation

Abstract

The automated creation of medical reports from images of chest X-rays has the potential to significantly reduce workloads for healthcare providers and accelerate patient care, especially in environments with limited resources. This study provides an extensive overview of deep learning-based techniques designed for radiology report generation from chest X-ray pictures automatically. By examining recent research, we delve into various deep learning architectures and techniques used for this task, including transformer-based approaches, attention mechanisms, sequence-to-sequence models, adversarial training methods, and hybrid models. We also discuss about the datasets used for evaluation and training, as well as future directions and research problems in this area. The significance of deep learning in revolutionizing radiology reporting is further emphasized by our review, which also highlights the need for additional research to address challenges such data accessibility, image quality variability, interpretation of complex findings, and contextual integration. The objective of this research is to present a comparative analysis of cutting-edge methods for developing automated medical report generation to enhance patient outcomes and healthcare delivery.