• Dhakshinamoorthy Ganeshan, Phuong-Anh Thi Duong, Linda Probyn, Leon Lenchik, Tatum A McArthur, Michele Retrouvey, Emily H Ghobadi, Stephane L Desouches, David Pastel, and Isaac R Francis.
• Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Pickens Academic Tower, 1400 Pressler Street, Unit 1473, Houston, TX 77030-4009. Electronic address: dganeshan@mdanderson.org.
• Acad Radiol. 2018 Jan 1; 25 (1): 66-73.

AbstractRadiology reports are vital for patient care as referring physicians depend upon them for deciding appropriate patient management. Traditional narrative reports are associated with excessive variability in the language, length, and style, which can minimize report clarity and make it difficult for referring clinicians to identify key information needed for patient care. Structured reporting has been advocated as a potential solution for improving the quality of radiology reports. The Association of University Radiologists-Radiology Research Alliance Structured Reporting Task Force convened to explore the current and future role of structured reporting in radiology and summarized its finding in this article. We review the advantages and disadvantages of structured radiology reports and discuss the current prevailing sentiments among radiologists regarding structured reports. We also discuss the obstacles to the use of structured reports and highlight ways to overcome some of those challenges. We also discuss the future directions in radiology reporting in the era of personalized medicine.Copyright © 2018 The Association of University Radiologists. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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