Start with the anatomy
Most shortcuts begin with a short organ prefix such as bb for kidney, sk for gallbladder, kc for liver, or pk for pancreas.
RadPhrases grammar
Learn how RadPhrases shortcuts are built
RadPhrases shortcuts follow a compact grammar that radiologists can recognize and remember while reporting.
RadPhrasesShortcut Quiz
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Test your recall by matching phrases from the guide to their shortcuts.
Which RadPhrases shortcut expands to the phrase above?
Shortcut grammar at a glance
Add the finding
The middle part points to the clinical idea: normal, cyst, negative finding, operation status, hemorrhage, malignancy, or a named system.
Finish with the suffix
Numbers and short suffixes handle grades, severity, follow-up, biopsy, correlation, and recommendation language.
Use the shortcuts with the desktop tools
The grammar helps users remember phrases, but they do not need to recall every shortcut from memory on day one. RadPhrases also gives them a report overlay for full templates and an autocomplete strip for discovering likely shortcuts while they type.
CtrlAltR
Open the report overlay
Press Ctrl + Alt + R to bring up the report overlay above the reporting system. Use it to find a full template by modality, procedure, favorite, or personal report when one shortcut is not enough.
Report overlay
CT abdomen female template
USG hepatobiliary template
Favorite emergency report
Learn from the autocomplete strip
As users type, the suggestion strip shows matching shortcuts and aliases. Choosing a phrase from the strip makes its pattern easier to remember next time.
rph
rph1Renal nephropathy grade 1
rph2 / kby2Renal nephropathy grade 2
rph3Renal nephropathy grade 3
One sentence can have several memorable shortcuts
Users may remember a phrase from the organ, the diagnosis, the negative state, or the natural wording they use while reporting. The library supports aliases for that reason, so memorization does not depend on one perfect code.
Operated gallbladder
skopereskyokskizlenmedikeseyok
The gallbladder is not visualized, compatible with prior operation. The extrahepatic bile ducts measure 10 mm at their widest point, within physiologic upper limits for an operated patient.
No pulmonary embolism
peyokemboliyokpenegatifembolinegatifpulmoneremboliyok
No filling defect compatible with acute thromboembolism is detected in the pulmonary trunk, right and left pulmonary arteries, or bilateral lobar, segmental, and evaluable subsegmental pulmonary arterial branches.
Nephropathy grade 1
rph1nefropati1kby1
Renal parenchymal echogenicity is increased to grade 1 bilaterally, in keeping with nephropathy. Clinical and laboratory correlation for chronic kidney disease is recommended.
Bosniak 1-2 cyst
bosniak12bosniakbirikibosniak1-2
Bosniak type 1-2 cortical and parapelvic cysts are observed in both kidneys.
Alias examples show the same expanded phrase reachable from multiple shortcut styles.
The quick grammar
Keep the system in small chunks. Once the chunks are familiar, many shortcuts become predictable.
Organ codes
kcLiver
skGallbladder
bbKidney
mBladder
dSpleen
pkPancreas
ovOvary
Common suffixes
nNormal
kContracted or cyst
yokNegative or operated
varPositive finding
1/2/3Grade or degree
hHemorrhage or hemangioma
ca/tmMalignancy
opOperation
Structural rules
- ORGAN + FINDING + DEGREE
- rph + 2 = rph2 = grade 2 nephropathy
- sk + n = skn = normal gallbladder
- bosniak + 1 = benign cyst
- Multiple aliases may expand to the same sentence
Clinical recommendation shortcuts
klkclinical-lab correlation
eeinfectious-inflammatory
mrönercontrast MRI recommended
btönercontrast CT recommended
petbtPET-BT recommended
iiabfine needle aspiration biopsy
hpvhistopathology
Grades and severity use the same numbering habit
When a finding has a scale, the shortcut usually keeps the same base and changes the number. This is the pattern users should practice first: hs1, hs2, hs3 or rph1, rph2, rph3.
Hepatosteatosis
hs1Grade 1 - mild echogenicity increase
hs2Grade 2 - definite increase
hs3Grade 3 - diaphragm not distinguished
Renal nephropathy
rph1 / kby1Mild echogenicity increase
rph2 / kby2Lobulated contour, thinning begins
rph3 / kby3No corticomedullary differentiation
Pelvicaliectasis
pke1Grade 1 - mild dilatation
pke2Grade 2 - extension to calyces
pke3Grade 3 - parenchymal thinning
Bosniak cyst
bosniak1Benign
bosniak2Not suspicious
bosniak2fFollow-up
bosniak3Consider biopsy
bosniak4Malignant
TI-RADS
tr1Benign
tr2Not suspicious
tr3Mildly suspicious
tr4Moderately suspicious
tr5Highly suspicious
Germinal matrix
gmk1Grade 1 hemorrhage
gmk1rResorbed G1
gmk3Ventricular extension
Severity systems use predictable suffixes, so the scale can be memorized as a series.
A practical way to memorize
Learn the prefix list first
Practice the organ codes until they feel automatic. The same prefix keeps reappearing across normal, negative, cystic, and graded findings.
Group phrases by clinical idea
Study all negative phrases together, all grade phrases together, and all recommendation phrases together instead of memorizing the library alphabetically.
Use aliases as training wheels
If peyok is easier than emboliyok, use it. The goal is reliable reporting speed, then the shorter systematic code becomes easier over time.
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