The BI-RADS® Atlas is designed to serve as a comprehensive guide providing standardized breast imaging terminology, a report organization, assessment structure and a classification system for mammography, ultrasound and MRI of the breast.
This list offers access to a variety of informative and instructional resources designed to assist the breast imager in providing effective, safe, quality care to patients.
The general schema of LI-RADS is to attempt to classify observations as either definite HCCs (LR 5) or definitely benign (LR 1).
This glossary of conventional NMR-related terms, along with the accompanying table of basic quantities in electricity and magnetism, are offered by the American College of Radiology for the use of physicians, medical physicists, and manufacturers.
The ACR created a multidisciplinary blue ribbon panel to address critical issues in MR safety. Initially published in the American Journal of Roentgenology in June 2002, updated in May 2004, March 2007, and then markedly expanded and updated in 2012 (for 2013 publication in the JMRI), the ACR Guidance Document for Safe MR Practices: 2013 addresses numerous MR safety related topics.
The radiologist assistant is identified as an "advanced-level radiologic technologist who works under the supervision of a radiologist to enhance patient care by assisting the radiologist in the diagnostic imaging environment.
As part of Choosing Wisely® the ACR developed a list of five things to reduce unnecessary imaging exams ordered by physicians and improve quality of care. The list names imaging exams whose necessity should be discussed before being ordered. The list also equips providers with steps to help ensure safe, appropriate use of scans.