Kennedy Jasper, Perchik Jordan D, Porter Kristin K
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama.
Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
J Am Coll Radiol. 2021 Jan;18(1 Pt A):93-102. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2020.09.019. Epub 2020 Sep 30.
The ACR has established that diversity and inclusion are central to its mission of excellence in the radiologic professions; therefore, radiologists have a responsibility to serve the imaging needs of the transgender community. To understand radiologists' current knowledge of transgender topics, the authors performed a systematic review of publications from radiology journals.
A lexicon of 14 transgender-related terms was created and expanded through a PubMed keyword search. From the 129 journals from the radiology, nuclear medicine, and medical imaging category of Journal Citation Reports, 106 journals met the inclusion criteria, including English translation and Scopus data for the study period. Using the Scopus advanced search feature, articles with titles, abstracts, Medical Subject Headings terms, or key words including 1 of 14 transgender terms were identified and analyzed.
Of the more than 200,000 articles published by the 106 journals from January 2008 to July 2019, 29 relevant articles were identified. Only 14 of the 106 journals published any transgender-related topics. The volume of articles has increased over time. The largest proportion of articles was published under the "general radiology" subsection, with the majority of these being editorials (6 of 10). Most of the original research was published under "neuroradiology" (7 of 13). Use of nonpreferred language, such as "transsexual" and "natal sex" was present through 2019.
Publication on transgender-related topics was uncommon among radiology journals. It is important to encourage further research and publication on transgender topics, as well as use of respectful, accepted language in radiology journals.
美国放射学会已确定，多样性和包容性是其在放射学专业追求卓越使命的核心；因此，放射科医生有责任满足跨性别群体的影像需求。为了解放射科医生目前对跨性别主题的了解情况，作者对放射学杂志上的出版物进行了系统综述。
通过PubMed关键词搜索创建并扩展了一个包含14个与跨性别相关术语的词汇表。在《期刊引证报告》的放射学、核医学和医学影像类别中的129种期刊中，106种期刊符合纳入标准，包括研究期间的英文翻译和Scopus数据。使用Scopus高级搜索功能，识别并分析标题、摘要、医学主题词或关键词中包含14个跨性别术语之一的文章。
在2008年1月至2019年7月期间，这106种期刊发表的20多万篇文章中，确定了29篇相关文章。106种期刊中只有14种发表了任何与跨性别相关的主题。文章数量随时间增加。文章发表量最大的部分是在“普通放射学”子类别下，其中大部分是社论（10篇中的6篇）。大多数原创研究发表在“神经放射学”下（13篇中的7篇）。直到2019年，仍存在使用不被推荐的语言，如“变性者”和“出生性别”。
放射学杂志上关于跨性别相关主题的出版物并不常见。鼓励在放射学杂志上进一步开展关于跨性别主题的研究和发表，以及使用尊重和被接受的语言非常重要。
