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ArticleVeterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association2025

American College of Veterinary Radiology and European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging consensus statement on imaging report foundations.

Peter V Scrivani, Elizabeth Watson, Zoë Joostens, Ashley Yanchik, Swan Specchi, Hege Kippenes Skogmo

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Article in Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. A Workforce-Informed Competency Framework Defines 30 Core Abilities of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging Specialists.Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association · 2026
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  3. American College of Veterinary Radiology and European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging consensus statement on imaging report foundations.Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Peter V ScrivaniDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3233-9290
Elizabeth WatsonMaples Center for Forensic Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0381-3966
Zoë JoostensEquitom Equine Clinic, Equine Care Group, Lummen, Belgium.
Ashley YanchikVetRad, Worthington, Ohio, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0306-0776
Swan SpecchiDiagnostic Imaging Department, Ospedale Veterinario i Portoni Rossi, AniCura Italy and Antech Imaging Service, Fountain Valley, Irvine, California, USA.
Hege Kippenes SkogmoDepartment of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Imaging reports are official medicolegal documents, detailing the conduct and interpretation of imaging studies in patient care. They serve as the primary means of communication for radiologists and significantly influence clinical decisions. This consensus statement, produced by a panel of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging board-certified veterinary radiologists through a modified Delphi method, addressed three key competency domains: basic patient care documentation, crafting meaningful reports, and ethical practice within legal boundaries. Meaningful reports move beyond documenting findings and providing impressions having qualities that foster effective communication for the betterment of patient care.

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Veterinary MedicineAnimalsConsensusDiagnostic ImagingEuropeRadiologySocieties, VeterinaryUnited Statesdictationelectronic health recordsnarrative reportingradiology workflowstructured reportingtemplates

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PMID39681983
PMCPMC11649853

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