Items tagged “help”
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What constitutes a perfect case
So what should the perfect case look like? Over time the quality of contributions to Radiopaedia.org is ever growing and a consensus is emerging as to the makeup of a perfect case. For a general set of instructions refer to our case publishing guidelines. You also can get a sense of how close yo...
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Patient confidentiality
Patient confidentiality and anonymity are of paramount importance.
Under no circumstances should any information be uploaded either in the patient's presenting symptoms, case description or images themselves that could identify an individual patient.
In short, nothing in your images or accomp...
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Linking
Linking one article or case to other articles is an integral part of building a cohesive resource.
Blue links and grey links
Links on Radiopaedia are of two colors:
blue links are links to existing articles on Radiopaedia
grey links are links to yet-to-be-written articles - as soon as that ...
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Interventional procedure article structure
Interventional procedure articles necessarily require a different structure to other articles. It is important for them to have a consistent structure to maintain uniformity across the site. The suggested structure and headings (and heading size) are as follows:
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Articles on conditions that affect multiple systems
Articles pertaining conditions that affect multiple systems can often be a challenge to write, and need to be split into a number of parts:
a general overview of the condition with links to
individual system articles
Syntax and structure
Title
The standard title syntax for system specific a...
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What Radiopaedia is NOT
We are attempting to create the best radiology resource which is no small task and is going to take the combined efforts of many many people. We prefer to focus on what Radiopaedia IS, but it has proven necessary to explicitly state what Radiopaedia is NOT:
Radiopaedia is NOT a place to cut and...
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Curriculum article structure
Curriculum article structure sets out the structure for how each curriculum article should look. An example of a near-complete curriculum is the genitourinary curriculum.
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The first paragraph should be an introductory state...
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Non-English language contributions
Currently, Radiopaedia.org is an English language resource, although we would love to have the site translated into every language, we do not have the resources to accept non-English language contributions.
Moderating non-English articles or cases, is currently beyond the capabilities of our e...
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Contributing a case to illustrate an article
So you want to contribute a case to illustrate an article. Excellent!
All images that are used to illustrate articles need to be uploaded first as cases. A case is a collection of one or more images/stacks with accompanying descriptions (which then appears in your profile page... find out more...
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Why upload cases to Radiopaedia.org
Radiopaedia.org is more than just a collaborative resource, it is also the perfect place to keep your case library. Best of all, your cases help your colleagues from all over the world learn on their own and teach each other.
Your cases remain yours, but you can share them with the rest of the...
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When to use bold
Making a decision about when to use bold in an article is important since we know that adding bold and italics to articles reduces its readability.
There are very few examples of when to use bold in an article on Radiopaedia.org and as such, if you're unsure, it's probably worthwhile not using ...
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Quiz mode
Quiz mode presents multistudy cases in a way that is optimized for both presented tutorials and self-directed learning.
The cases shown will depend upon the system chosen and case ratings. We are planning to take into account many other (smarter) factors in the future.
Exclude from quiz mode...
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Merging duplicate articles
Merging duplicated articles is sometimes necessary and the same topic is occasionally covered under slightly different titles.
It is worth discussing this first with the editorial team via Radiopaedia.org/community
The aim of merging is to end up with one detailed article which is linked to...
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Findings (cases)
The findings section of cases is where the description of that particular study is described. This section is located immediately below each study and findings contribute to case completeness.
What it should contain
The findings section should contain a concise description of the whole study t...
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Patient data
Patient data is a section in cases (visible in edit mode) where patient demographics can be entered. The two fields are:
age
gender
Age
Please round the patient age to the nearest 5 years for adult patients (i.e. ≥18 years). This is an additional privacy measure.
For pediatric patients, cl...
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Anatomy article structure
Anatomy articles require a different structure, and the following subheadings are recommended.
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As with all other articles, the introductory paragraph should introduce the anatomical term and aim to give an interesting summ...
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Fracture article structure
Articles describing fractures require a different set of subheadings from a 'standard' article, as the usual epidemiology, clinical presentation, pathology etc., may not be relevant.
Example article: clavicular fractures
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Sandbox (test page)
Feel free to edit this page however you want, if you want to just play and see how editing works.
Main heading (H1)
Subheadings (H2)
bullets
more bullets test
more bullets
Subheading (H3)
numbered list
bold
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Capitalization
words after bullets should not be capitalized unless t...
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Plagiarism
Plagiarism, the passing of someone else's work as one's own, is unacceptable on Radiopaedia and will result in content not being able to be published. Existing plagiarised content that is discovered will be deleted.
We know you all want to help, and you may be tempted to "cut and paste" secti...
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Anatomy of an article
The anatomy of an article describes the component parts of any article at Radiopaedia.org. All articles include a title, the main content, references and other attributes.
Title
The title of the article may seem obvious, but some considerations as to consistency are required. We use sentence c...