关于医学论文中影像学图片编校问题及其规范的建议

Recommendations on editing of radiographic images in medical scientific papers and its standardization

通过随机抽样调查国内医学期刊中影像学图片编校规范问题,结果显示该类图片普遍缺漏受测对象信息(被试者年龄性别或动物类型)、疾病类型、检测部位(或器官)、仪器扫描(探测)截面、图片方位、相应的影像学参数等要素,严重降低了影像学图片的自明性。综合医学及编辑学相关背景知识,提出医学影像学图片编校规范的建议。

This study randomly selected 43 issues of 40 Chinese medical journals that were published during June to December 2014, and scrutinized radiographic images from the perspectives of radiologists and editors to find problems in editing of medical imaging pictures. We found some key information lost in these images, e. g. subjects （including age, sex or animal type）, disease type, sites or organs detected, cross-section of instrument scan （probe）, image orientation, imaging parameters. This severely reduced self-evident quality of radiographic images. An advice on editing of medical imaging pictures is proposed.