Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphologic and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Policlinico "G. Martino", Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98100, Messina, Italy.
Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Katholieke Universiteit (KU), Louvain, Belgium.
Pediatr Radiol. 2024 Sep;54(10):1566-1578. doi: 10.1007/s00247-024-06010-7. Epub 2024 Aug 1.
Over the last decades, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has emerged as a valuable adjunct to prenatal ultrasound for evaluating fetal malformations. Several radiological societies advocate for standardised and structured reporting practices to enhance the uniformity of imaging language. Compared to narrative formats, standardised and structured reports offer enhanced content quality, minimise reader variability, have the potential to save reporting time, and streamline the communication between specialists by employing a shared lexicon. Structured reporting holds promise for mitigating medico-legal liability, while also facilitating rigorous scientific data analyses and the development of standardised databases. While structured reporting templates for fetal MRI are already in use in some centres, specific recommendations and/or guidelines from international societies are scarce in the literature. The purpose of this paper is to propose a standardised and structured reporting template for fetal MRI to assist radiologists, particularly those with less experience, in delivering systematic reports. Additionally, the paper aims to offer an overview of the anatomical structures that necessitate reporting and the prevalent normative values for fetal biometrics found in current literature.
在过去几十年中，磁共振成像（MRI）已成为产前超声评估胎儿畸形的重要辅助手段。一些放射学学会提倡采用标准化和结构化的报告实践，以增强成像语言的一致性。与叙述格式相比，标准化和结构化报告具有更高的内容质量、最小化读者变异性、有节省报告时间的潜力，并通过使用共享词汇表来简化专家之间的沟通。结构化报告有望减轻医疗法律责任，同时也有利于严格的科学数据分析和标准化数据库的开发。虽然一些中心已经在使用胎儿 MRI 的结构化报告模板，但国际学会的具体建议和/或指南在文献中仍较为缺乏。本文旨在提出一种标准化和结构化的胎儿 MRI 报告模板，以帮助放射科医生，特别是那些经验较少的医生，提供系统的报告。此外，本文还旨在概述需要报告的解剖结构以及当前文献中发现的胎儿生物测量的常见正常值。
