This is a collection of resources on the radiology report. Everyone has an opinion, and I try to share mine as well as others’ here. Please feel free to leave your thoughts, or share any other resources that you find useful.
Textbooks:
The Radiology Report by Curtis Langlotz – Recently published book that is a comprehensive and well researched resource about the radiology report (history, style/substance, voice recognition software, future, etc).
The Language of Fractures – An oldie that is out of print, but establishes the fundamentals of how to describe findings for bone radiography (the principles can be applied to just about any modality as I tried to do in my Lunguage page).
Online Resources:
University of Florida Curriculum in Radiology Reporting – a resource that I was fortunately exposed to as a first year resident. A really nice place to start and learn the fundamentals of radiology reports.
Radiology Literature:
This is a list of some of my favorite reporting articles from over the years:
- Srinivasa Babu A, Brooks ML. The malpractice liability of radiology reports: minimizing the risk. Radiographics2015; 35:547-554
- Harvey HB, Wu CC, Gilman MD, et al. Correlation of the Strength of Recommendations for Additional Imaging to Adherence Rate and Diagnostic Yield. J Am Coll Radiol 2015; 12:1016-1022
- Baker SR. The dictated report and the radiologist’s ethos. An inextricable relationship: pitfalls to avoid. Eur J Radiol 2014; 83:236-238
- Coakley FV, Liberman L, Panicek DM. Style guidelines for radiology reporting: a manner of speaking. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2003; 180:327-328
- Hall FM. Language of the radiology report: primer for residents and wayward radiologists. AJR Am J Roentgenol2000; 175:1239-1242
- Berlin L. Pitfalls of the vague radiology report. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2000; 174:1511-1518
- Berlin L. Malpractice issues in radiology. Informed consent. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1997; 169:15-18
- Revak S. Dictation of Radiology Reports. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1983; 141:201
- Friedman PJ. Radiologic reporting: structure. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1983; 140:171-172