Mobile-base Radiology Structured Reporting System

Background: Structured reporting is considered one of the best choices for modern reporting in radiology which has multiple advantages but not all radiologists are convinced to use this method to compose their reports. User interface and data entry issues are among the barriers to discourage radiologists to go through structured method. Objectives: The aim of this paper to explore opportunity of using smartphone for data entry and production of structured radiology reports and assessing the user satisfaction. Materials/Patients and Methods: We have developed an Android-based structured reporting system for interpretation of musculoskeletal imaging procedures using RSNA template library (radreport.org). To develop this application, first, the use case scenarios have been hypothesized. Unified Modeling Language was used to model the use cases. The evaluation was performed with “Likert Scale questionnaire was used to collect feedback in this regard. In order to evaluate efficiency and user friendliness of the application we asked 5 radiologists to use the application for interpretation of 10 MSK MRI studies Results: The application was well accepted by the users according to the mean Likert scores (0 for completely disagree, 10 for completely agree).The interface design received a score of 7.8. The application information and messages received a score of 7.9 while ease of use scored 6.8. Overall system features scored 7.15. It seems that this application can increase the physicians’ willingness to use structured reporting systems. Conclusion: The system can be used by a practicing or under-training radiologist to compose structured reporting based on RSNA library using his/her own portable device from anywhere at any time. The concept may be clinically used for other subspecialties and increase practical application of RSNA templates and structured reporting methods.