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Overview of The PAD term spotter

The PAD term spotter pipeline processes radiology note textual extractions specifically pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment, etc. of lower
limb Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)(e.g. stenosis/occlusion paired with popliteal/femoral). The main feature is classifying each document for the presence of PAD.
Descriptive text of diagnosis and illness terms are paired with the site designated terms to build a relational tie, indicating a 'hit'. The pipeline
assesses presence of phrases indicative of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in one or more sentences contained in radiology related documents.

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