Glossary

What is structured reporting

Structured reporting reduces risky variation without blocking clinical language when it matters.

Best fit

  • Recurring protocols
  • Audit
  • Exam comparison

Why Laudos.AI

  • Fields by modality
  • Coherent impression
  • Reviewable output

Reporting routine

The modality defines what can fail in the final report

Structured reporting reduces risky variation without blocking clinical language when it matters. Review must protect technique, relevant findings, comparison, measurements, and an impression supported by the exam itself.

Clinical standardization

Structure only helps when it preserves medical judgment

What is structured reporting. Structured reporting reduces risky variation without blocking clinical language when it matters. Evaluation should cover structure, relevant negatives, measurements, comparison, and impression, not just AI.

Structure

Technique, findings, comparison, and impression must remain readable in both normal and abnormal exams.

Clinical language

Text should preserve modality terminology and avoid generic impressions unsupported by findings.

Review

The radiologist should see what was organized, what was inferred, and what needs confirmation before signing.

Decision criteria

Physician control

The radiologist reviews, edits, and signs. AI should accelerate report structure, not make the clinical decision.

Real integration

The tool should fit PACS/RIS, worklists, and exam context without forcing an infrastructure replacement.

Governance

Templates, history, permissions, and critical findings need to remain auditable as the service scales.

Measurable throughput

The improvement should show up in report time, rework, standardization, and operational safety.

Useful questions

What to confirm before moving forward

Which part of the workflow will be measured: dictation, review, signing, delivery, or rework?

Who can change templates, vocabulary, permissions, and service standards?

Which data enters the system and what stays out of pilot scope?

How are changes, access, critical findings, and integration failures audited?

30-day validation

By modality, test normal, abnormal, and borderline cases; measure physician corrections, relevant-negative consistency, and findings-to-impression coherence.

FAQ

When is What is structured reporting a good fit?

Structured reporting reduces risky variation without blocking clinical language when it matters. A useful pilot checks curated clinical material, review quality, template fit, and integration friction.

Does this replace the radiologist?

No. Laudos.AI structures and accelerates the report, but the physician reviews, edits, and signs.

Does it require replacing PACS/RIS?

No. The intended deployment is to connect with existing infrastructure and keep the reporting flow familiar.

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