The Bone Reporting and Data System (Bone-RADS)

An important musculoskeletal article recently published in Skeletal Radiology (Chang CY, et al. Society of Skeletal Radiology- white paper. Guidelines for the diagnostic management of incidental solitary bone lesions on CT and MRI in adults: bone reporting and data system (Bone-RADS). Skeletal Radiol. 2022 Sep;51(9):1743-1764. doi: 10.1007/s00256-022-04022-8.

The Bone Reporting and Data System (Bone-RADS) is an algorithm developed and proposed by the Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards Committee of the Society of Skeletal Radiology (SSR) for the diagnostic management  of incidentally encountered solitary bone lesions in adults on MRI and/or CT. the Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards Committee of SSR recommended four possible diagnostic management option; Bone-RADS1, leave alone; Bone-RADS2, perform different imaging modality; Bone-RADS3, perform follow-up imaging; Bone-RADS4, biopsy and/or oncologic referral. Two algorithms for CT based on lesion density (lucent or sclerotic/mixed) and two for MRI allow the user to arrive at a specific Bone-RADS management recommendation.

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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00256-022-04022-8?utm_source=toc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=toc_256_51_9&utm_content=etoc_springer_20220715