How Sure Are You, Doctor? A Standardized Lexicon to Describe the Radiologist's Level of Certainty. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • OBJECTIVE: A standardized lexicon to specify the radiologist's level of certainty in a radiologic diagnosis can decrease the confusingly large number of words and phrases currently used for that purpose. Such a lexicon furthermore can minimize ambiguity and facilitate clearer communication among radiologists, referring physicians, and patients. CONCLUSION: We would like to share our experience with the lexicon that we developed in 2009. For ease of communication, the lexicon itself is included in each radiology report.

publication date

  • April 11, 2016

Research

keywords

  • Radiology
  • Terminology as Topic

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84979032307

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.2214/AJR.15.15895

PubMed ID

  • 27065212

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 207

issue

  • 1