Radiology reporting guides
Practical resources for systematic reporting, checklists, classifications, and on-call work.
Practical resources for systematic reporting, checklists, classifications, and on-call work.
The words used in a chest CT report are not merely stylistic choices. Using terms such as “ground-glass opacity,” “consolidation,” “reticulation,” “honeycombing,” and “traction...
Reporting Phrases1 min readCommon Reporting Phrases for Chest X-RaysChest radiography is one of the most common examinations in daily practice. Even in a short report, however, ambiguity can arise when technical adequacy, location, extent, and...
Reporting Phrases1 min readCommon Reporting Phrases for Complete Abdominal UltrasoundIn complete abdominal ultrasound, the value of the report lies less in writing long sentences for every organ and more in honestly stating the scope and limitations of the...
Reporting Phrases1 min readCommon Reporting Phrases for Head CTA noncontrast head CT report often answers an urgent clinical question: Is there hemorrhage, mass effect, hydrocephalus, or traumatic osseous injury? The report therefore needs...
Reporting Phrases1 min readCommon Reporting Phrases for Lumbar Spine MRIOne of the most common problems in lumbar spine MRI reports is the ambiguous mixing of disc morphology and clinical significance within the same sentence. “Bulge,”...