Abstract: Objective To evaluate the role of the structured report system, coronary CT angiography, for example, in improving the training standardization of radiologists.Methods A total of fifteen trainees from radiologist training base in Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, were enrolled in the study. All radiologists were trained by structured reporting system and traditional report template separately for writing reports of coronary CT angiography. The quality of these reports during the training and the reports one year after the training were compared and analyzed. A questionnaire survey was adopted to investigate users' experience.Results The use of structured report system can effectively avoid the missing of evaluation options of coronary CT angiography, and has nothing to do with the length of time involved in writing reports (χ²=0, P=1.00); Besides, it could improve the efficiency of diagnosis after one-year working when the training was over (t=12.4, P<0.01); Questionnaire survey showed that the trainees had good experience of the report system.Conclusions The structured report system could establish a set of standardized and effective training protocol for radiologists.

Key words: Structured report system, Radiologist, Standardized training, Coronary CTA, Study