Items tagged “help”

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Featured cases

Featured cases are a way for our editorial board to highlight public cases that are awesome in some way and are shown on our homepage as Case of the Day; you can see prior featured cases here. Each month one case from the preceding month is chosen by the Featured Case Committee as the Case of t...
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Biographical article structure

Biographical articles about individuals have a unique structure and subheadings. ======================================================================= The introduction should take the following structure: name of individual in bold use their first name and last name e.g. Robert Smith only...
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Achievements

Achievements are a recent feature of your public profile. They are a way of showcasing to the world some of the ways you have contributed to Radiopaedia.  Achievements There are 6 achievements currently, two of them representing 'current status' and representing the current level of a specific...
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Institutional member (institutions)

Institutional members are Radiopaedia users who are affiliated with one or more verified institutions and who have themselves been verified by their institution's admin as belonging to that institution.  Thus to become a verified institutional member and attain the institutional member achievem...
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Units of measurement

For units of measurement the use of SI units (both base and derived units) in articles and cases on Radiopaedia.org is preferred. This is in line with best scientific practice and helps maintain consistency across the site. Terminology By scientific convention: for eponymous units, the full n...
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Multistudy cases

The structure of multistudy cases is important so that they can be best viewed by others both in "view mode" and in "quiz mode": one case per patient each case can have multiple studies each study should be from one modality and acquired at one time follow-up studies need to be separate st...
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Related articles (cases)

Related articles are important for users to be able to find their way easily from cases to other related content on the site. There are two ways of adding related articles: Add a link to the article as part of your findings or discussion (read about links here).  Manually add a related article...
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Usage (article structure)

The usage section of an article does not appear in all articles and is only required where additional information about the prevalence of use of a particular staging or classification system is required. It is similar but not identical to the alternative heading of terminology which focuses more...
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Legacy cases

Legacy cases are those that do not meet current case publishing guidelines, including image preparation, but are still of educational value, usually evidenced as inclusion in multiple playlists or articles.  These cases can be tagged "legacy" and the following caveat can be included in a free t...
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Measurement article structure

Articles about the measurement of certain structures, angles or distances take on a special format.  ======================================================================= The introduction should briefly mention how the measurement is formed and its utility without specific details.  Usage ...
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Sharing cases and playlists

Sharing cases and playlists is a cornerstone of what Radiopaedia is all about. As such we offer a number of ways for cases and playlists to be shared and these can be accessed via the "share" button. Each of the ways of sharing has its own URL and all you need to do is copy one and share online,...
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Uploading DICOM images to Radiopaedia

Uploading DICOM images to Radiopaedia is possible through the case creation page with full client-side anonymisation.  Here is what occurs:  drag and drop: drag and drop the DICOM folder into the case upload area (this will not be uploaded at this stage) anonymisation: the files will be proce...
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Pathology report (cases)

Pathology reports are encouraged to be uploaded as substantiation of the diagnosis of the case where appropriate.  Format text reports are preferred over scanned or photographed reports no identifiable information should be included (see: patient confidentiality) ideally, permission from the...
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Presentation (case)

Presentation refers to the clinical details that need to be included as part of Radiopaedia cases and can include symptoms, signs, physical examination findings, relevant past history and/or laboratory studies. Complications, if part of the initial disease process (e.g. hemorrhage as a complicat...
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Sentence case

Sentence case is a writing style where only the first letter of the first word in a sentence is capitalized, along with any proper nouns (names of people, places, etc.). Read more about capitalization.  Here's a simple guide on how to use sentence case in Radiopaedia: Sentence structure Begin...
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Major and minor edits

The terms major edit and minor edit are used to describe article edits and are used in a variety of ways on the site. Minor edits Minor edits are changes that do not significantly alter the substance or meaning of the content. They are typically superficial in nature and focus on improving rea...
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Pending review

Pending review is a special publication status that cases need to pass through when the contributing author has yet to accumulate a history of published cases that meet our publishing guidelines without requiring extensive editorial input. A case that is pending review cannot be added to an ar...
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Imaging technology article structure

Articles about imaging technology require a different structure than articles about disease. Articles with this structure are generally assigned to the imaging technology section and may also be assigned to a specific system if appropriate. ======================================================...

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