Radiology report templates and examples

Review a normal adult brain MRI example, sequence-dependent limits, and measured handling of age-related findings.

A systematic approach to PA and lateral chest radiographs, with a normal report example, short template, and common trainee mistakes.

An organ-based review sequence for complete abdominal ultrasound, with a normal report example, short template, and guidance on technical limitations.

Use an editable normal contrast-enhanced abdomen and pelvis CT example while preserving phase, technical limits, and case-specific findings.

Use an editable normal female pelvic MRI report covering uterus, endometrium, cervix, ovaries, vagina, and pelvic compartments.

Use a normal lumbar spine MRI report example with a level-by-level checklist, sample wording, and guidance on distinguishing normal from mild degenerative findings.

Use an editable normal male pelvic MRI report covering bladder, prostate, seminal vesicles, rectum, and pelvic compartments.

A systematic approach to the lungs, airways, pleura, mediastinum, bones, and upper abdomen on noncontrast chest CT, with a normal report example.

A systematic review sequence for noncontrast head CT, with a normal report example, short template, and commonly missed emergency findings.

An on-call-focused systematic reporting guide for comprehensively assessing organs, bowel, vessels, peritoneum, and retroperitoneum on routine abdomen and pelvis CT.

A practical radiology review of Optimal CTA Reporting for Acute Pulmonary Embolism, focused on imaging findings, differential diagnosis, reporting points, and high-yield...

A practical radiology review of Aortoiliofemoral and Lower-Extremity CT Angiography, focused on imaging findings, differential diagnosis, reporting points, and high-yield...

A systematic guide to assessing sequences, diffusion, blood products, parenchyma, extra-axial spaces, and adjacent structures on routine adult brain MRI.

Report an intra-axial brain mass by location, size, enhancement, diffusion, hemorrhage, perfusion, and surgical relationships.

A systematic approach to comprehensively reviewing the lung parenchyma, airways, pleura, mediastinum, cardiovascular structures, and upper abdomen on routine diagnostic chest CT.

A systematic approach to reading PA/AP and lateral chest radiographs for radiology residents, from technical adequacy to the impression.

A checklist for comprehensively imaging abdominal organs, accurately documenting technical limitations, and structuring adult complete abdominal ultrasound reports around the...

Review measured report examples for pneumonia, pleural effusion, pneumothorax, edema, and atelectasis, with limits on how to use them.

Use measured pelvic CT wording for bladder, pelvic organs, bowel, fluid, lymph nodes, and bone findings.

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...

Chest 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...

In 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...

A noncontrast head CT report often answers an urgent clinical question: Is there hemorrhage, mass effect, hydrocephalus, or traumatic osseous injury? The report therefore needs...

One 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,”...

Review measured impression wording for diagnostic, limited, positive, and possible chronic thromboembolic CTPA examinations.