Structured reporting: coronary CT angiography: a white paper from the American College of Radiology and the North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging.
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.
Stillman
Arthur E
AE
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA. aestill@emory.edu
Rubin
Geoffrey D
GD
Teague
Shawn D
SD
White
Richard D
RD
Woodard
Pamela K
PK
Larson
Paul A
PA
D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000592:standards*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000592:standards*; D009656:North America; D011871:Radiology / Q000592:standards*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States