Radiological Reporting in Clinical Practice

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Due to the diverse diagnostic imaging techniques available (X-ray/computed tomography, magnetic resonance, nuclear medicine, ultrasonography), radiologic examinations are composed of an enormous amount of images, which means that the elements to be described and interpreted by the radiologist are sometimes exorbitant. Furthermore, expectations of the population and physicians requiring examinations are growing, so that besides patients, so-called clients (i.e., presumably healthy people) also flow into everyday clinical practice of a radiology department based on disease prevention/screening programs. Registration and interpretation/reporting modules of a computer-assisted radiologic reporting system were created to help the radiologist in his or her task. However, the radiologist is also expected to write a report with diversified language according to diagnostic technique(s), population type (client vs. patient, pediatric, adult, geriatric), pathology, and across all anatomical areas. In this book, the authors suggest a shared methodology to bring – as much as possible – uniformity to radiologic report writing to most effectively communicate the results of an examination. The important role played by language from a legal-forensic aspect is also considered.

Due to the diverse diagnostic imaging techniques available, radiologic examinations are made of an enormous amount of images. The radiologist is also expected to write a report with a diversified language, according to diagnostic technique(s), population type (client vs. patient; pediatric, adult, geriatric), pathology, and across all body areas. This means that the elements to be described and interpreted by the radiologist are sometimes exorbitant. In this book, the authors suggest a shared methodology to bring as much uniformity as possible to the way of writing a radiologic report, and how to most effectively communicate the results of an examination. The important role played by language from a legal-forensic point of view is also considered, and theoretical knowledge is transferred to everyday clinical practice. The book provides the perfect tool for radiologists in a very accessible format.

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Francesco Schiavon

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