Review and interpretation of MR imaging studies with PACS: creating uniform series descriptors for radiologists and referring physicians.
OBJECTIVE
We sought to identify a limited set of standardized descriptors for various MR image series on a picture archiving and communications system (PACS) and to apply these descriptors to both existing and newly acquired MR images.


CONCLUSIONS
Of the 47,028 MR image series in our PACS, approximately 2500 had been assigned unique descriptors, and nearly 82% of the descriptors had a frequency of appearance of less than 5%. We reduced the number of descriptors to 146 without loss of essential information. Use of standardized descriptors may facilitate identification of various MR image series.
Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave., New York, NY 10021, USA.
Lawrence H
LH
Schwartz
Peter
P
Kijewski
Kate
K
Lynch
Eric
E
Lis
David M
DM
Panicek
D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000145:classification*; D010820:Physicians; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000145:classification*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000145:classification*; D013358:Subject Headings