Reporting and Data Systems (disambiguation)

In recent years there has been a proliferation of Reporting and Data Systems (RADS), which have been proposed - and in many cases widely adopted - as standardised systems for the reporting of imaging of various body organs, often, but certainly not always, with a focus on oncological disease ². These systems also help departments introduce structured reporting ⁴.

• AI TI-RADS: Artificial Intelligence-Thyroid Imaging-Reporting and Data System ¹⁵
• BI-RADS: Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System ²
• C-RADS: CT Colonography Reporting and Data System ²
• CAD-RADS: Coronary Artery Disease-Imaging Reporting and Data System ²
• CO-RADS: COVID-19 Reporting and Data System ¹⁶
• COVID-RADS: COVID-19 Imaging Reporting and Data System ⁵
• GI-RADS: Gynaecologic Imaging-Reporting and Data System ¹¹
• LI-RADS: Liver Imaging-Reporting and Data System ²
• LU-RADS: Lung-Reporting and Data System ^13,14
• Lung-RADS: Lung Imaging-Reporting and Data System ^2,14
• MET-RADS: METastasis-Reporting and Data System for Prostate Cancer ⁷
• MY-RADS: Myeloma Response-Assessment and Diagnosis System ⁶
• NI-RADS: Neck Imaging-Reporting and Data System ²
• O-RADS: Ovarian-Adnexal Reporting and Data System ^10,11
  • incorporating O-RADS US and O-RADS MRI
• PI-RADS: Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System ²
• RI-RADS: Reason for exam Imaging-Reporting and Data System ⁹
• TI-RADS: Thyroid Imaging-Reporting and Data System ²
• VI-RADS: Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System ¹²

In addition, is a coronary artery calcification scoring system, which strangely has been called the CAC-DRS: Coronary Artery Calcium Data and Reporting System, and not CAC-RADS: Coronary Artery Calcium-Reporting and Data System.

A standardised system for the reporting of head injury cases is being developed by the American College of Radiology. Specific details of the proposed HI-RADS: Head Injury Imaging Reporting and Data System have not been published as yet ³. A system provisionally named the Traumatic Brain Imaging Reporting and Data System (TBI-RADS) has also been discussed. It is likely that HI-RADS and TBI-RADS are synonymous as the same organisations are involved in both ⁸. 

History and etymology

In 1993 the American College of Radiology proposed the BI-RADS: Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System, a standardised lexicon for the reporting of mammography, which was developed on the back of the established 5-tier ACR system. The aim of BI-RADS was to improve distinction between benign and malignant disease, to remove ambiguity from radiology reports, permit automated auditing of data and improve clinical discourse with the referrers ¹.