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:*'''"Normal" findings in chronic conditions''', which are generally not used in the diagnosis of that condition. This includes expected findings in congenital conditions whose diagnosis is generally made clinically or genetically close to birth, thereby allowing radiologists to determine if a finding is part of their known condition or because of a new disease or disorder.
*'''Basic screening''', which should generally be done regardless of the issue raised by the referral
*'''Diseasesand conditions''' or '''Objectives''', which should cover the most common ones, but may link to a category tree for the less common.
:*Diseases may be included in the article if being short, such as [[CT of the thorax#Lymphadenopathy]]. They should, however, preferably be expanded to own articles that are linked from the Modality+Location article as described in the [[#Inter-article structure]] section above.
:*[[#Templates|Templates (see below)]] can be used to include diseases both in the overall location article as well as the Modality+Location articles, such as {{tl|Diseases and conditions associated with CT and MRI of the head}} being included in [[Head]], and [[CT MRI of the head]] and (while [[MRI CT of the head]]has developed a more detailed list).
*'''Techniques''', with subtypes of the topic at hand, such as [[CT of the thorax]] having a section on CT [[angiography]] of the region.
*'''Report''', containing at least a report on a basic screening of the investigation at hand. A link It is recommended to also insert the corresponding page at [http://radreport.org/index.php radreport.org[#Templates|template] is acceptable, but there should preferably be written content as well] {{tl|Reporting}} below the header in order to link to general notes about reporting.
==Modality-specific disease articles==
:*What '''settings''' or '''sequences''' of for example MRI or CT are recommended
*'''Quality checking''', including signs that the investigation needs to be redone
*'''Findings''' or '''Evaluation''', whose structure of subsections should generally be based on appearance, but sometimes on other information that is generally known, such as age of the patient for bone tumors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiologyassistant.nl/en/p494e15cbf0d8d/bone-tumor-systematic-approach-and-differential-diagnosis.html|title=Bone tumor - Systematic approach and Differential diagnosis|author=Henk Jan van der Woude and Robin Smithuis|site={{RA}}|accessdate=2018-05-26}}</ref>:It is also recommended to link to general screening in CT and MRI for the location at hand, such as [[CT in dementia]] linking to [[CT_of_the_head#Basic_screening|Basic screening of head CT]].
:*'''Further evaluation''', with important concomitant findings when the disease is known, such as staging of cancers.
*'''Report''', preferably including at least one example of a report with typical findings of a disease ([[X-ray of knee prosthesis#Report|Example]]), as well as one report including the most important absences of findings when the disease is important to rule out. It is recommended to also insert the [[#Templates|template]] {{tl|Reporting}} below the header in order to link to general notes about reporting.
Disease articles can have a short introduction with one or two sentences about pathophysiology, and likewise for symptoms, prognosis and general treatment. Otherwise, these aspects should only be included where relevant in the radiologic differential diagnosis. These aspects are not necessary if the differential diagnosis can be made by visible radiologic findings alone.
