"Patient consent "
"cropping: images should also be cropped appropriately so that there is no extraneous amount of blank space around them."
"Just because you know what the image or stack of images shows, it does not mean that everybody does! It should not be a complete report but should highlight the salient features, particularly, the study findings should provide a minimum data set for the diagnosis, particularly where consensus or diagnostic guidelines apply. Irrelevant negative findings should not be included."
"These are not mandatory, but can turn a good case into a great case!"
"Thus, not only should images should be ideally devoid of ALL text overlay - this not only removes visual clutter but ensures that no information is inadvertently included - but care should be taken when assessing the suitability of publishing a case."
"Since our aim is to create the best radiology resource on the internet, we need good-quality images. Please note, single-image cases, regardless of format, from new contributors will generally not be accepted due to AI-generated medical images being largely indistinguishable from genuine ones. Moreover, if the case includes cross-sectional imaging or DSA, the images should be uploaded as a stack. Ideally, these should be between 20-70 images per stack and excessive images (e.g. over 100) are generally discouraged; they take far too long to load and thus make your case difficult to access by most folk with lower speed connections."
"Please note: We take this very seriously, and failure to abide by these rules constitutes a breach of our privacy policy and terms of use. If you upload a case with patient information, your case will be immediately deleted and if you repeatedly upload cases with patient details your account will be suspended."
"Since our aim is to create the best radiology resource on the internet, we need good-quality images. Please note, single-image cases, regardless of format, from new contributors will generally not be accepted due to AI-generated medical images being largely indistinguishable from genuine ones. Moreover, if the case includes cross-sectional imaging or DSA, the images should be uploaded as a stack. Ideally, these should be between 20-70 images per stack and excessive images (e.g. over 100) are generally discouraged; they take far too long to load and thus make your case difficult to access by most folk with lower speed connections."
Expected headings
"Guidelines"
"Permission"
"Copyright"
"Patient confidentiality"
"Patient consent "
"Image quality"
"Appearance"
"Text overlays and watermarks"
"Diagnosis"
"Imaging modality"
"Imaging findings"
"Annotations"
"Questions"
"Discussion"
"Related articles"
"Since our aim is to create the best radiology resource on the internet, we need good-quality images. Please note, single-image cases, regardless of format, from new contributors will generally not be accepted due to AI-generated medical images being largely indistinguishable from genuine ones. Moreover, if the case includes cross-sectional imaging or DSA, the images should be uploaded as a stack. Ideally, these should be between 20-70 images per stack and excessive images (e.g. over 100) are generally discouraged; they take far too long to load and thus make your case difficult to access by most folk with lower speed connections."
"manufacturer logos are sometimes burnt into the images (particularly ultrasound); if possible remove these using the cropping tool"
"If the diagnosis is a presumptive diagnosis pending histological confirmation, this should be clarified in the text; please give strong consideration to delaying publication until this is received."
"good/interesting case - helpful/instructive case; uncommon/unusual case"
"resolution: no specific figure is set. The minimum is the native resolution of the modality (e.g. 512x512px for CT, 128 to 1024px for MRI (depending on sequence / scan parameters), >1024px for plain films, etc)"
"Cases need to have a diagnosis, and each case has a diagnostic certainty slider at the top of the case to help you. This may be radiological (e.g. supracondylar fracture) or histological (e.g. eosinophilic granuloma). It is important that if the diagnosis is histological, an appropriate mention is made in the discussion. Ideally, you should include the histology report (and even better - images of the slides)."
"For clinical images, no watermarks, logos or other graphics should be on the image, including:"
"your name, logo or signature"
"There are a couple of exceptions:"