Structured reporting: coronary CT angiography: a white paper from the American College of Radiology and the North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging

Arthur E Stillman; Geoffrey D Rubin; Shawn D Teague; Richard D White; Pamela K Woodard; Paul A Larson

doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2008.04.002

Structured reporting: coronary CT angiography: a white paper from the American College of Radiology and the North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging

J Am Coll Radiol. 2008 Jul;5(7):796-800. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2008.04.002.

Authors

Arthur E Stillman¹, Geoffrey D Rubin, Shawn D Teague, Richard D White, Pamela K Woodard, Paul A Larson

Affiliation

¹ Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA. aestill@emory.edu

PMID: 18585655
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2008.04.002

Abstract

With the growing use of electronic medical records, the trend of diagnostic imaging reporting is toward a more structured format. Advantages include improved quality and consistency of the reporting and ease of data mining. The essential elements of a structured report are provided and illustrated for coronary artery computed tomographic angiograms.

MeSH terms

Coronary Angiography / standards*
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Documentation / standards*
Humans
Medical Records Systems, Computerized / standards*
North America
Radiology / standards*
Societies, Medical*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / standards*
United States