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Session: Traditional Poster Presentations

612 - Patient Engagement with Clickable Terms in Augmented Radiology Reports: A Prospective Study of 101 Participants Highlighting Opportunities for Increasing Interventional Radiology Awareness

Monday, April 13, 2026
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM ET
Purpose: Patients are increasingly accessing their radiology reports online {1} but encounter complex medical terms that limit their understanding. As a result, patients may remain unaware of potential treatment options for their conditions, including minimally invasive procedures offered by IR. Radiology report simplification platforms that incorporate interactive patient-education features offer a novel strategy to improve comprehension and expand awareness of IR pathways.

Materials and Methods: We conducted a prospective study enrolling 101 patients to review de-identified, augmented versions of their own reports in a web application. The platform displayed clickable medical terms linked to patient-friendly educational materials. Engagement was measured by the number of sessions, term clicks, and clicks per session as tracked by the web application. Reports were also manually reviewed for positive IR-relevant findings to assess opportunities for patient education about minimally invasive treatment pathways.

Results: Recruited patients underwent CT (n = 32), MRI (n = 26), US (n = 22), and nuclear medicine (n = 21) studies and accessed their respective reports in the web interface an average of 1.48 times. Participants interacted with clickable terms an average of 5.26 times per user, with an average of 3.56 times per session, though 45/101 (44.6%) of users did not click any terms. Overall, 54/101 participants (53.5%) had at least one IR-relevant positive finding. Reports containing at least one IR-relevant term included 16 CT (50%), 17 MRI (65%), 11 ultrasound (50%), and 10 nuclear medicine (48%) studies. The distribution of positive IR-relevant findings varied by modality: CT most frequently reported enlarged lymph nodes and pulmonary nodules, MRI highlighted spine and musculoskeletal abnormalities, ultrasound frequently identified thyroid nodules and cholelithiasis, and nuclear medicine scans revealed nodal or metastatic disease.

Conclusion: This study demonstrates that patients actively engage with clickable terms in their reports and can be exposed to IR-related concepts. Linking positive findings to educational content within reports represents an opportunity to improve awareness and expand access to minimally invasive care, including image-guided biopsy, ablation of lung or thyroid nodules, percutaneous or endoscopic management of cholelithiasis, and vertebral augmentation and joint injections in this study.


The authors declare the use of GPT5 (September 2025 Version) in order to improve the grammar, spelling, and readability of this submission.