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Cases

Cases are your personal collection, shared with the greater Radiopaedia community. Awesome cases will be selected by our editorial board to be featured on the Radiopaedia homepage (see previously featured cases) as well as to be promoted on our various social media channels. Each month one case...
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Bullet points in radiographic appearances

Bullet points in radiographic appearances have an important part to play, particularly where there are multiple series, e.g. MRI. When listing MRI appearances, use a new bullet for each sequence and embolden the sequence name. If the sequence name has indented bullets below it, do not add a tra...
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Colon (punctuation)

Colons are often used to denote the start of a list, but can also be used within a list to separate a term and its descriptor. Colon use at Radiopaedia.org follows standard English style with no space preceding the colon and a single space after it. Examples of colon use include a sentence with...
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Dashes and hyphens

Dashes and hyphens are distinct characters with specific intended uses 1. Consistency and ease of editing are given priority over what some consider to be the more correct, but much more difficult to maintain, approach to punctuation. Thus, at Radiopaedia, a pragmatic approach is taken with t...
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Using e.g.

Using e.g. in Radiopaedia.org articles is common and good practice. However, it is important to use e.g. consistently across the site. Standard use It should be remembered that when using e.g., the user is trying to give an example, not an exhaustive list.  Example There are many causes of m...
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Style guide

Our style guide is a set of articles that outline the basic "rules" about how to write content on Radiopaedia.org.  Hopefully, you already know that Radiopaedia.org consists of articles, cases and multiple-choice questions. Style Our writing style is similar to scientific journals with the m...
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Mnemonics article structure

Mnemonics articles are a special type of article with specific style requirements outlined below.  ======================================================================= Acceptable mnemonics Mnemonics have a long tradition in the teaching of medicine and many of the most memorable ones are a...
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Case publishing guidelines

Case publishing guidelines are here to help get an idea of the minimum set of expectations that we, as an editorial board, think are acceptable when uploading a case.  A great way to get to grips with the process of uploading cases is to check out our Creating Cases Learning Pathway.  As Radio...
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Medical illustrations and diagrams

High-quality medical illustrations and diagrams form an important part of Radiopaedia.org.  Attribution All illustrations should have appropriate attribution in the case findings and only be uploaded to Radiopaedia under the following circumstances:  original illustrations created by you (you...
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Playlists

Playlists are a fantastic way of collecting, organizing and sharing cases. They are an ordered collection of cases that you can then play from start to finish. We have gathered some examples of educational playlists for you to browse.  Playlists can also have intervening static slides. The res...
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Non-English articles

Radiopaedia.org is at present only accepting articles in English.  One day, we'd love to have the site translated into many languages, but for now, we are simply not able to provide enough editorial control over contributions that are not written in English. If your first language is not Engli...
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Video

Video files are useful in a limited number of situations, but should not be used for routine stacks of scrollable images (such as CT or MRI). The reasons to use video include:  ultrasound cine clips cardiac MRI some dynamic barium studies At present video support is limited. Currently, the v...
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Slash

A slash (the forward slash in English is formally called the solidus) is used mainly as a substitute for the word 'or'. Radiopaedia.org follows standard English style with no space either preceding or following a slash. A slash is often used to avoid indicating a preference for one of the terms ...
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Practical points (article structure)

Practical points is a special part of some articles. It is a section to highlight key features of the condition being discussed, which aid in diagnosis or interpretation (pearls) as well as some of the mistakes to be avoided (pitfalls). When present, it is one of the main subheadings. Location ...
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Introduction (article structure)

The introduction of any article should be an "executive summary" that captures the essence of the article. This is especially true of a standard article. Any points should be brief and expanded later on in the article. It should not contain any bullet points. The length will vary, but it should ...
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Differential diagnosis (article structure)

Differential diagnosis is one of the main subheadings in a standard article.  Location The "Differential diagnosis" subheading is located after "History and etymology" and before "Practical points". Structure This section should be considered to be a radiological differential diagnosis unles...
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Managing editor

Managing editors at Radiopaedia.org are part of the senior editorial team and have specific roles in developing the site and its content. As of 2023, there are three managing editors: Daniel J Bell Andrew Murphy Vikas Shah Responsibilities Between 2007 (launch) and 2014, Radiopaedia.org ha...
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Senior editor

Senior editors at Radiopaedia.org are part of the editoral team and have responsibility for general content review and development on the site as well as having a major role leading editorial projects.  Responsibilities Each senior editor at Radiopaedia.org has editorial rights and the associa...
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Editor

Editors are members of the general editorial team at Radiopaedia.org and have responsibility for content review and development on the site. Responsibilities Along with the senior editors, editors have the responsibility for reviewing all the content that is added to Radiopaedia.org under the ...
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Subeditor

Subeditors at Radiopaedia.org are members of the general editorial team who work predominantly in the domain of content development. Responsibilities Subeditors are predominantly involved in the development of content at Radiopaedia.org along with moderation of contributions. They work with th...

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