The radiology report is the most common and sometimes the only method of communication
between the radiologist and clinician. Unfortunately, the radiology residents in training receive
very little instruction regarding how to write the reports and this may lead to poor quality of
reporting compromising the patient care and leading to serious medico-legal consequences. In
this article, we have provided advice how to write good radiology report based on the available
guidelines and reviewing the studies and surveys conducted so far involving the radiologists,
clinicians and primary care physicians. We have first discussed about the components of a
radiology report and then talked about describing the radiological findings in more detail. At the
end, we have discussed the matters related to the length, style and language of the report.
Key words
Radiology report, guidelines, radiological findings, documentation, radiology residents,
radiological procedures