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Continuous Speech Recognition in MR Imaging Reporting

Advantages, Disadvantages, and Impact

Mohan R. Ramaswamy1,2, Gregory Chaljub1, Oliver Esch1, Donald D. Fanning1 and Eric vanSonnenberg1,3

1 Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555-0465.
2 Present address: Department of Radiology, University of California, S.F.G.H. (Bldg. NH, Rm. G100), 1001 Potrero Ave., San Francisco, CA 94110.
3 Present address: Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St., Boston, MA 02115.



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  		Fig. 1. —Flow chart shows step-by-step breakdown of report generation process at our institution. For this study, turnaround time was measured from completion of examination (step 1) to availability of preliminary report (step 4). Note that preliminary report has immediate access in IDXrad ([radiology information systems] IDX Systems, Burlington, VT) for clinicians.

 


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  		Fig. 2. —Graph shows monthly usage of continuous speech recognition (solid line) versus conventional dictation (broken line) in MR imaging reporting.

 


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  		Fig. 3. —Graph shows time until MR report availability before (broken line) and after (solid line) implementation of continuous speech recognition.

 

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