Surprisingly, in contrast to the literature regarding the outcomes of imaging, the methods that underpin the generation of an imaging report and how to communicate the findings cogently to referring clinicians remain something of a ‘black box'.

In a new thematic series, experts across various modalities detail their approach to reporting scans in particular disease settings. In the Editor-in-Chief's Editorial, he details the motivation for this ‘master class series’ as well as his own approach to reporting. 

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Dr Rodney Hicks, Editor-in-Chief

A major focus of Rod's clinical research has been to assess the impact of PET on patient management and prognostic stratification.

"A few years ago I changed the name of my department from Diagnostic Imaging to Cancer Imaging since it occurred to me that little of what we do is diagnostic. Increasingly, the role of imaging in cancer is in selecting, planning and monitoring treatment. The challenge of imaging science is to establish our techniques as prognostic and predictive biomarkers and to show that our results improve patient outcomes"