The RSNA is marking the 20th anniversary of its radiology lexicon RadLex.
RadLex offers radiologists a common language to communicate diagnostic results, the society said. Its terms can be used for reporting, decision support, data mining, data registries, education and research.
It includes more than 75,000 terms and has been supported by grants and contracts funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), the Veteran’s Health Administration and Department of Defense, and the cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG) project, the RSNA said. It provides a foundation for the LOINC/RSNA Radiology Playbook, RadLex Playbook Series descriptors, RadElement Common Data Elements and RadReport Radiology reporting templates, according to the society.
“[A] kernel of an idea from 20 years ago has become the de facto standard for representing information in the radiology report and in radiology information systems around the world,” RSNA past president Curtis P. Langlotz, MD, PhD, of Stanford University, said in an RSNA statement. Langlotz led the development of RadLex. “It spawned the creation of common data elements, radiology report templates and so much more.”