Background
Current applications
District | Disease | Purpose | Society | Resources |
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Upper abdomen | Hepatocellular carcinoma | Detection | ACR | [15] |
Renal masses | Characterization | SAR | [25] | |
Lower abdomen | Prostate cancer | Detection | ACR, ESUR | [15] |
Bladder cancer | Staging | EAU, JSAR | [35] | |
Endometrial cancera | Staging | ESUR | [48] | |
Female genital tract congenital anomalies | Detection | ESUR | [52] | |
Endometriosis | Detection and disease assessment | ESUR | [55] | |
Gastrointestinal tract | Rectal cancer | Staging | ESGAR | [64] |
Crohn’s disease | Detection and disease assessment | SAR, AGA | [70] |
District | Disease | Authors | Publication year | Study design | Number of MRI exams (lesions) | Number of reports (SR/NR) | Society-endorsed or guidelines-based template | Impact on patient’s outcome | Subjective analysis | Objective analysis |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Upper abdomen | Hepatocellular carcinoma | Flusberg et al. [17] | 2017 | Retrospective | 269 (306) | 181/125 | Yes | N/E | N/P | Number of key imaging findings reported |
Lower abdomen | Prostate cancer | Magnetta et al. [29] | 2018 | Retrospective | 300 | 36/264 | Yes | N/E | Urologist and radiologists survey | Number of essential reports components included |
Wetterauer et al. [28] | 2019 | Retrospective | 100 | 50/50 | Yes | N/E | Urologists (4) survey | Ability of correctly plotting the tumor on a map | ||
Shaish et al. [30] | 2018 | Retrospective | 202 (324) | 109/93 | Yes | N/E | N/P | Adherence to guidelines scoring system and diagnostic accuracy metrics | ||
Endometrial cancer | Liu et al. [49] | 2019 | Retrospective | 41 | 41/41a | No | N/E | Gynecologists (5) survey | Number of key imaging findings reported, and time required for reporting | |
Uterine fibroids | Franconeri et al. [57] | 2017 | Retrospective | 71 | 42/29 | N/A | N/E | Gynecologists (3) and interventional radiologists (3) survey | Number of key imaging findings reported, and accuracy of measurements | |
Endometriosis | Jaramillo‑Cardoso et al. [56] | 2019 | Retrospective | 59 (259)b | 59/59a | No | N/E | N/P | Diagnostic accuracy metrics and interobserver agreement | |
Gastrointestinal tract | Rectal cancer | Nörenberg et al. [67] | 2017 | Retrospective | 49 | 49/49a | No | N/E | Abdominal surgeons (2) survey | Number of key imaging findings reported |
Sahni et al. [65] | 2015 | Retrospective | 106 | 43/63 | No | N/E | N/P | Quality of report based on key imaging findings reported | ||
Tersteeg et al. [66] | 2018 | Retrospective | 492 | 45/447 | Yes | N/E | N/P | Number of key imaging findings reported | ||
Crohn’s disease | Wildman-Tobriner et al. [69] | 2016 | Retrospective | 25 | 25/25a | No | N/E | Referring physicians (3) survey | Number of key imaging findings reported | |
Perianal fistulas | Tuncyurek et al. [76] | 2018 | Retrospective | 105 | 43/62 | N/A | N/E | Colorectal surgeons (3) survey | Number of key imaging findings reported |