General overview of Radiopaedia.org

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Radiopaedia.org is a rapidly growing open-edit radiology resource primarily complied by radiologists and radiology residents/registrars and fellows from across the globe. The site aims to create the best radiology reference available, and to make it available for free, forever and for all.

It is designed to facilitate a meaningful collaboration between all our contributing users, as well as allow non-contributors to browse through thousands of articles and interesting and illustrative cases.  Read more about getting involved.

The open credentials and desire to create a feefree world-class resource are similar to those of wikipedia.  However, the importance of accurate information means that additions checks and balances are required for Radiopaedia.org and our section editors provide this. They constantly review additions and changes to articles and cases, something that is facilitated by being spread around the globe through a variety of time zones.

Main components

Radiopaedia.org is build to two major components: 

  1. articles: collaborative efforts to provide a single atomic page on any and all topics relevant to the practice of radiology
  2. cases: pages that present a case to the community - these belong to the contributing user although they can be viewed by the community and added to articles, tutorials or quizes

Community

While the primary aim of Radiopaedia.org is to allow the creation of an up to date resource for the radiology community, it is also about creating a community. It is focused on bringing together like-minded individuals who can collaborate on Radiopaedia.org content as well as on other projects... see collaborative projects by Radiopaedians.

Articles

Working together to create content

An integral part of Radiopaedia.org is that it is collaborative. As such, articles are written and edited by a great many users over a period of time. Although this can be intimidating at first, the end result is something far more valuable than what can be achieved purely through individual effort. So, if collaboration is not your thing, writing articles is not for you. We like properly referenced content with subscription-free references allowing readers and editors to cross-check the validity of articles and their content.

Cases

Sharing your interesting cases with the world

Sharing cases on Radiopaedia.org is different to writing articles. You can upload your interesting cases and either leave them as orphans or link them to existing articles. Moreover, you can add descriptions of the case and the imaging safe in the knowledge that only you, an no-one else (except administrators) can edit them.

What Radiopaedia IS and is NOT

For a project like this to work, we must all be on the same page: we need to understand where we are going, understand the boundaries of the project and most of all respect and support each other:

  • -<p><strong><em>Radiopaedia.org</em></strong> is a rapidly growing open-edit radiology resource primarily complied by radiologists and radiology residents/registrars and fellows from across the globe. The site aims to create the best radiology reference available, and to make it available for free, forever and for all.</p><p>It is designed to facilitate a meaningful collaboration between all our contributing users, as well as allow non-contributors to browse through thousands of articles and interesting and illustrative cases.  Read more about <a href="/articles/get-involved-1" title="get involved!">getting involved</a>.</p><p>The open credentials and desire to create a fee world-class resource are similar to those of wikipedia.  However, the importance of accurate information means that additions checks and balances are required for <em>Radiopaedia.org</em> and our <a href="/editors" title="section editors" style="color: rgb(63, 117, 216); text-decoration: none; ">section editors</a> provide this. They constantly review additions and changes to articles and cases, something that is facilitated by being spread around the globe through a variety of time zones.</p><h4>Main components</h4><div><p><em>Radiopaedia.org</em> is build to two major components: </p></div><ol>
  • -<li>
  • -<a href="/articles/articles-1" title="Articles">articles</a>: collaborative efforts to provide a single atomic page on any and all topics relevant to the practice of radiology</li>
  • -<li>
  • -<a href="/articles/cases" title="Cases">cases</a>: pages that present a case to the community - these belong to the contributing user although they can be viewed by the community and added to articles, tutorials or quizes</li>
  • -</ol><h4>Community</h4><p>While the primary aim of <em>Radiopaedia.org</em> is to allow the creation of an up to date resource for the radiology community, it is also about creating a community. It is focused on bringing together like-minded individuals who can collaborate on <em>Radiopaedia.org </em>content as well as on other projects... see <a href="/articles/collaborative-publications-by-radiopaedians" title="Collaborative publications by Radiopaedians">collaborative projects by Radiopaedians</a>.</p><h4>Articles</h4><h5>Working together to create content</h5><p>An integral part of <em>Radiopaedia.org</em> is that it is <strong>collaborative</strong>. As such, articles are written and edited by a great many users over a period of time. Although this can be intimidating at first, the end result is something far more valuable than what can be achieved purely through individual effort. So, if collaboration is not your thing, writing articles is not for you. We like properly referenced content with subscription-free references allowing readers and editors to cross-check the validity of articles and their content.</p><h4>Cases</h4><h5>Sharing your interesting cases with the world</h5><p>Sharing cases on <em>Radiopaedia.org</em> is different to writing articles. You can upload your interesting cases and either leave them as orphans or <a href="/articles/linking" title="Linking">link</a> them to existing articles. Moreover, you can add descriptions of the case and the imaging safe in the knowledge that only you, an no-one else (except administrators) can edit them.</p><h4>What Radiopaedia IS and is NOT</h4><p>For a project like this to work, we must all be on the same page: we need to understand where we are going, understand the boundaries of the project and most of all respect and support each other:</p><ul>
  • -<li><a href="/articles/what-radiopaediaorg-is-1" title="What radiopaedia.org is" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">what Radiopaedia.org IS </a></li>
  • -<li><a href="/articles/what-radiopaediaorg-is-not-1" title="What radiopaedia.org is NOT">what Radiopaedia.org is NOT</a></li>
  • +<p><strong><em>Radiopaedia.org</em></strong> is a rapidly growing open-edit radiology resource primarily complied by radiologists and radiology residents/registrars and fellows from across the globe. The site aims to create the best radiology reference available, and to make it available for free, forever and for all.</p><p>It is designed to facilitate a meaningful collaboration between all our contributing users, as well as allow non-contributors to browse through thousands of articles and interesting and illustrative cases.  Read more about <a href="/articles/get-involved-2">getting involved</a>.</p><p>The open credentials and desire to create a free world-class resource are similar to those of wikipedia.  However, the importance of accurate information means that additions checks and balances are required for <em>Radiopaedia.org</em> and our <a href="/editors">section editors</a> provide this. They constantly review additions and changes to articles and cases, something that is facilitated by being spread around the globe through a variety of time zones.</p><h4>Main components</h4><p><em>Radiopaedia.org</em> is build to two major components: </p><ol>
  • +<li>
  • +<a href="/articles/articles-1">articles</a>: collaborative efforts to provide a single atomic page on any and all topics relevant to the practice of radiology</li>
  • +<li>
  • +<a href="/articles/cases">cases</a>: pages that present a case to the community - these belong to the contributing user although they can be viewed by the community and added to articles, tutorials or quizes</li>
  • +</ol><h4>Community</h4><p>While the primary aim of <em>Radiopaedia.org</em> is to allow the creation of an up to date resource for the radiology community, it is also about creating a community. It is focused on bringing together like-minded individuals who can collaborate on <em>Radiopaedia.org </em>content as well as on other projects... see <a href="/articles/collaborative-publications-by-radiopaedians">collaborative projects by Radiopaedians</a>.</p><h4>Articles</h4><h5>Working together to create content</h5><p>An integral part of <em>Radiopaedia.org</em> is that it is <strong>collaborative</strong>. As such, articles are written and edited by a great many users over a period of time. Although this can be intimidating at first, the end result is something far more valuable than what can be achieved purely through individual effort. So, if collaboration is not your thing, writing articles is not for you. We like properly referenced content with subscription-free references allowing readers and editors to cross-check the validity of articles and their content.</p><h4>Cases</h4><h5>Sharing your interesting cases with the world</h5><p>Sharing cases on <em>Radiopaedia.org</em> is different to writing articles. You can upload your interesting cases and either leave them as orphans or <a href="/articles/linking">link</a> them to existing articles. Moreover, you can add descriptions of the case and the imaging safe in the knowledge that only you, an no-one else (except administrators) can edit them.</p><h4>What Radiopaedia IS and is NOT</h4><p>For a project like this to work, we must all be on the same page: we need to understand where we are going, understand the boundaries of the project and most of all respect and support each other:</p><ul>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/what-radiopaediaorg-is-1">what Radiopaedia.org IS </a></li>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/what-radiopaediaorg-is-not-1">what Radiopaedia.org is NOT</a></li>

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